Rescue Squad members and Rockingham County sheriff's deputies end the second day of searching for missing inner tubers at Draper Boat Landing in Eden, N.C., on Friday, June 18, 2021.
KENNETH FERRIERA, NEWS & RECORD
Rockingham Sheriff Sam Page (right) and Director of Emergency Management Rodney Cates (left) hold a news conference, giving an update at the end of a day spent searching for the missing inner tubers at Draper Boat Landing in Eden.
KENNETH FERRIERA, NEWS & RECORD
Draper Boat Landing in Eden, N.C., on Friday, June 18, 2021.
EDEN — Authorities said Friday they remained hopeful the two family members still missing after a tubing accident Wednesday on the Dan River would be found alive.
Emergency workers rescued four people Thursday who said they had traveled the Dan River as a group of nine on Wednesday. The four who were rescued, who were not wearing life jackets, were being treated at a local hospital Thursday night for injuries not considered life-threatening, authorities said.
Rescue Squad members and Rockingham County sheriff's deputies end the second day of searching for missing inner tubers at Draper Boat Landing in Eden, N.C., on Friday, June 18, 2021.
Rockingham Sheriff Sam Page (right) and Director of Emergency Management Rodney Cates (left) hold a news conference, giving an update at the end of a day spent searching for the missing inner tubers at Draper Boat Landing in Eden.
