State Police search for two missing while rafting on Neversink River
NEW YORK STATE POLICE
Major Pierce V. Gallagher
Troop F Commander
PRESS RELEASE
On Saturday, August 18, 2018, at approximately 10:30 am, two juveniles were rafting under adult supervision on the Neversink River.
As the two returned to shore, an adult male saw one of the juveniles fall out of the raft and dove in to rescue him.
The adult male was able to get the juvenile back into the raft when it flipped over.
The two victims did not resurface.
Since Saturday, State Police, along with the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers, local law enforcement, fire departments and EMS, have been searching the river for the two victims.
On day three of the search, State Police Aviation, along with Forest Rangers, located the victims in the water in area of Shore Drive of the Neversink River.
The victims have been identified as Marco Avila, 46, and Marcos Avila, 9, Queens, NY.
