10-Year-Old Boy Dies After Saving Sister as Search Continues for Missing Girl in Passaic River

Passaic, NJ – Rescue crews continued searching Thursday for a 10-year-old girl after her friend, a 10-year-old boy, was found dead in the Passaic River following a tragic incident Wednesday evening that also left the boy’s older sister fighting to survive.

Divers recovered the boy’s body shortly after 10 p.m. after he and another 10-year-old girl were swept away by the river’s strong current. An 11-year-old girl, identified by Passaic Mayor Hector Lora as the boy’s sister, survived after making it out of the water.