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The body of 16-year-old Madison Wallace has been recovered from the Big Sioux River, according to Sioux Falls Fire Chief Jim Sideras.
Crews continue the search for Lyle Eagletail, 28, who went into the river with Wallace to save the girl's 6-year-old brother, Garrett.
They have been at Falls Park since last night searching for Wallace and Eagletail.
Sioux Falls Fire Rescue Chief Jim Sideras said emergency crews are continuing to battle the water in the area to be able to continue searching, also having some issues with ice in that area. He said the recovery operation is being assisted by officials across all city departments, but he is unsure how much longer it will take to locate Eagletail.
Crews diverted water upstream from to aid in the search and recovery effort, but higher water levels earlier may have pushed the body further along the river, Sideras said.
Emergency crews have also been dealing with a large amount of foam in the river, which he said at some points last night, was up to 10-feet deep. The water in the river is murky, also hindering search efforts.
?Everybody here has their eyes on water. Looking for something as small as a knee, patch of clothing,? Sideras said.
He said he has been in contact with Wallace?s father, who is in a state of shock.
?Our prayers are with them, we want to help them cope as best they can,? he said.
The Vermillion School District has brought together guidance counselors and outside resources to meet today with students grieving the drowning death of a classmate.
Madison Wallace was a sophomore at Vermillion High School, Superintendent Mark Froke said this afternoon.
Her younger brother, Garrett, 6, attends kindergarten in Vermillion.
Froke said the school district?s crisis team, made up of administrators and guidance counselors, met this morning and assembled resources to meet with students.
?Even though this is quite a sad and shocking situation for everyone at the school, we?re trying to maintain a normal school day and be respectful and help all of those who need assistance with their grieving,? he said.
A decision will be made later today on whether to offer counseling at the school on Saturday, the superintendent said.
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A dive team will help search Friday morning for two people who are missing after jumping into the water Thursday at Falls Park to save a 6-year-old boy who did get out. Battalion chief Jay Titus says the search area might be expanded farther down river.
Witnesses describe how man, woman jumped in to save boy
Just before 6:30 a.m., police allowed a small group of people to place flowers at the scene.
Crews were called at 6 p.m. Thursday night for the report of people in the river at Falls Park under the pedestrian bridge.
Two people ? a woman and a man ? jumped in after the boy, 6. Sioux Falls Fire Chief Jim Sideras said the woman who jumped in the water was a relative of the boy's, but not the mother. The names of the missing or ages has not been released.
Sideras said he didn't know why or how the boy, who was rescued and uninjured, fell in the water.
Crews were working throughout the night to locate the missing people, and by 2 a.m., Sideras said the mission had changed from a rescue operation to that of recovery. He said the two who are missing likely haven't gone too far down the river because of a head dam.
"We have an idea of the likely spots (where they could be)," he said. "Further down the river by Falls Park Drive, there is a head dam that would prevent moving down the river. We are pretty confident that they are in this area, but it's a large area."
The division of Public Works used a backhoe throughout the night to clear ice from the top of the water. Dumptrucks filled with dirt arrived to create a platform for the machine.
"They are removing ice off the river so we can get a boat on the water," Sideras said. "We are also putting firefighters in that bucket and they are out probing under the ice. So it's an ungoing operation and we will be here throughout the night."
At 10 p.m. Thursday, Sideras said crews were working to slow down the river flow upstream to help aid in the efforts. He said the flow at Falls Park will start to slow down by the morning.
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