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Search For Missing Student
The Middlebury Fire Department Technical
rescue team has been working along side of Saranac NY
fire department in the search for Nick Garza for several months. The Middlebury College
freshmen disappeared on February 5th 2008. The Otter Creek has been the main focus
of the search. Saranac NY
fire department specializes in swift water rope rescue.
Using underwater cameras and search crews
in the water, Saranac Fire Department along with the Middlebury Fire
Department battled high water and fast currents during several days of
searching. No clues were found
during the search. Saranac Fire was
not willing to give up and graciously returned to Middlebury when ever new
information was available.
The search ended sadly on May, 27 2008
when the body of Nick Garza was pulled from the Otter Creek bellow the
falls. Doing a water depth and
temperature check Middlebury Police Chief Tom Hanley made the
discovery. The Middlebury Fire
Department along with Various state agency’s assisted in the
recovery. Our thoughts and prayers
are with the Garza family.
Many thanks to the Saranac NY Fire
Department for there hard work and commitment to the the search.
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