My heart just sunk’: Divers find body during search for missing Sagkeeng snowmobilers – CBC

by ahnationtalk on January 3, 2019316 Views

HEART dive team found snowmobile in stretch of Winnipeg River near mouth of Lake Winnipeg, chief says

Jan 02, 2019

Members of a volunteer dive team pulled a body from the frigid waters of the Winnipeg River as a months-long search for two missing snowmobilers continues in Sagkeeng First Nation.

Sagkeeng Chief Derrick Henderson confirmed divers with the Hutterian Emergency Aquatic Response Team (HEART) recovered the body Wednesday afternoon in the community, not far from where the river and Lake Winnipeg meet.

Henderson said the identity of the person hasn’t yet been confirmed, but it is suspected to be one of two snowmobilers who were last seen Nov. 20.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/volunteers-heart-divers-searching-missing-sagkeeng-snowmobilers-1.4964243

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