The search will continue Sunday morning for a missing tuber in the Delaware river.
Crews conducted a search shortly after 4:20 p.m. on Saturday when the man was reported missing in the area of 2 Walters Lane in Point Pleasant, Bucks County.
The man, described as white with long hair, was part of a group of five tubers, according to officials. Investigators say he was about 15 feet from the shoreline when he fell off his tube and went missing. Officials are unsure at this point whether he was wearing a life jacket. The group approached a rescue boat for help and called 9-1-1.
Six rescue crews conducted the search. Divers concentrated on one area for most of the day.
The search for the man was hampered by poor visibility in the water. Divers were unable to locate him after several hours of searching.
“With all this heavy rain especially up north in the Poconos and Allentown the river is up several feet. It’s very dirty, there's a lot of mud in the water and the current visibility is really down to zero,” said Point Pleasant Fire Chief Scott Fleischer.
The search will resume later this morning at 9 a.m. At this point, officials say it's a recovery mission.
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