State police have recognized the 29-year-old Lowell mom who died Thursday making an attempt to save lots of her two youngsters within the Merrimack River. The seek for one in every of them — a 6-year-old boy — continues.
Boua DeChhat drowned after getting into the swift present of the river Thursday night in an try to save lots of her 7-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son.
DeChhat and her daughter had been pulled from the water by a ship operator and dropped at shore, in line with the Massachusetts State Police. They had been transported to Anna Jacques Hospital, the place Boua DeChhat was pronounced useless. Her daughter was handled and launched.
Her son, Mas DeChhat, is the topic of an ongoing water search by 12 divers from the State Police Underwater Recovery Unit, together with 4 boat operators from the Department’s Marine Unit. Boston Fire Department divers, Amesbury, Newburyport and different fireplace and police departments are aiding within the search.
The search continued into early night Friday with out consequence earlier than resuming 8 a.m. Saturday.
Rescue divers are utilizing “sidescan sonar,” in line with the State Police, which is a tool deployed from a ship which “uses sound waves to map and detect objects and anomalies in the water column and on the bottom.” If the sonar detects something, divers descend to research.
This is a growing story.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”