What to Know
- The bodies of a father and son missing since they were swept down a river in Orange County on Saturday have been recovered
- The 46-year-old man and his 9-year-old son were swept downstream near the Oakland Valley Campground after their raft flipped over
- State Police Aviation, along with Forest Rangers, found the victims -- Marcos Avila and his father Marco -- near Shore Drive on Monday
The bodies of the 9-year-old boy and his father who were swept away while rafting in a New York river over the weekend have been recovered, New York State Police said Monday afternoon.
State Police and other agencies had been searching Orange County's Neversink River for 9-year-old Marcos Avila and 46-year-old Marco Avila, of East Elmhurst, Queens, since Saturday morning, when they were swept away following a rafting accident.
Authorities say two kids had initially been in the raft around 10:30 a.m. that day and the father saw one of them, Marcos Avila, fall out as they headed back toward shore. He dove in to rescue him and managed to get him back into the raft, but it flipped over -- and authorities say they never resurfaced.
The father and son were found Monday, on day three of the search near the Oakland Valley Campground, in the water in the area of Shore Drove.
The other young person who had initially been in the boat wasn't named; it wasn't clear if that person was another family member.
No other details have been released.
Friends and family gathered to remember the two at a vigil at Gorman Playground in East Elmhurst Monday night, where father and son often played soccer.
