{"id":20375,"date":"2025-02-04T05:47:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T05:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=20375"},"modified":"2025-02-04T05:47:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T05:47:44","slug":"rescue-teams-detail-horrors-they-saw-underwater-when-trying-to-salvage-remains-of-american-airlines-crash-victims-as-death-toll-rises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=20375","title":{"rendered":"Rescue teams detail ‘horrors’ they saw underwater when trying to salvage remains of American Airlines crash victims as death toll rises"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The search for the bodies of those who died in the DC plane crash last week continues.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Wednesday (January 29), an Army helicopter carrying three soldiers and an\u00a0American Airlines<\/a>\u00a0plane with 64 people on board\u00a0collided with one another<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The two aircraft then plummeted into the Potomac River, where rescue teams are still working to recover the deceased.<\/p>\n

At the time of writing, 55 of the 67 people who died have been recovered from the water.<\/p>\n

The conditions the rescue teams are working in have been\u00a0described as ‘tough’<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Matthew Schanck, an International Maritime Search and Rescue & Emergency Response Expert,\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0BBC News: “There’s ice in the river, it’s particularly cold and that makes it very challenging to [rescue] crews.<\/p>\n

“There’s not a lot of time to really try and locate any survivors and rescue them because of the cold.”<\/p>\n

The waters are so cold that one diver from the Metropolitan\u00a0Police<\/a>\u00a0Department had to be rushed to hospital to be treated for a ‘hypothermia situation’.<\/p>\n

The diver in question has since been released and is ‘doing fine’, said\u00a0Washington DC<\/a>\u00a0Fire and EMS Chief, John Donnelly.<\/p>\n

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Emergency response units search the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River (Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

“We\u2019re happy to report that he\u2019s doing fine, and that that\u2019s the only injury we have the today,” the chief shared,\u00a0as per<\/a>\u00a0NBC News.<\/p>\n

He added yesterday (February 2): “For the rest of the day, the salvage crews are continuing to survey the site and get ready for tomorrow.”<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, rescue personnel have spoken out on the ‘horrors’ they’ve seen so far.<\/p>\n

Brian Entin, from NewsNation, reported that a firefighter had told him that they’re all ’emotionally wiped out after seeing the horror [of the crash] up close’.<\/p>\n

In a follow-up tweet, Entin went on to share: “The firefighter I met explained that the water is actually very clear. With flashlights they saw horrible things when they arrived.”<\/p>\n

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A diver working the American Airlines crash scene in DC was taken to the hospital with hypothermia.
\nHe is doing fine now, the chief says.
\nThe firefighters are working very hard — spoke to one yesterday – they are emotionally wiped out after seeing the horror up close.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Brian Entin (@BrianEntin) February 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n