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Two Potomac Swimmers Still Missing After Search
posted 06/22/09
5:04 am
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Department spokesman Capt. Oscar Garcia says authorities responded to a 4:40 p.m. call from a hiker who said she saw people in the river near Purple Horse Beach yelling for help. Montgomery and Fairfax county water rescue units as well as a park police helicopter responded to the area of the 9500 block of Macarthur Boulevard.
Garcia says other witnesses reported seeing at least six swimmers in the water. He says four were found by authorities after getting to the shoreline on their own.
He says officials believe two men remain missing, although there have been reports that they may have exited on the Virginia side of the Potomac. Police found their vehicle parked on the Virginia side and left a note for the two to notify police or friends and let them know they are fine.
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