TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas — The bodies of two swimmers who went missing on April 16 in East Travis County have now been found.
The Travis County Sheriff's Office said on Sunday it recovered the body of a man in the area where the two swimmers went missing. The following day, on Monday, another body was found at around 8 a.m.
The Travis County Sheriff's Office and the Lower Colorado River Authority began searching Saturday night for the two swimmers who were reported missing on the evening of April 16.
The sheriff's office said multiple people called 911 that day near Little Webberville Park to report that one man was in distress in the water, prompting a second man to swim out and help him. Both of the men went under the water and did not resurface.
The incident turned into a water recovery after an extensive search did not lead first responders to find the missing swimmers, according to Austin-Travis County EMS (ATCEMS).
ATCEMS first responded to the scene between 931 and 1134 Water St. in East Travis County around 6:45 p.m. on April 16. That's around Little Webberville Park and the Colorado River. STAR Flight and multiple boats also responded to the scene.
ATCEMS said in an update around 7:10 p.m. that day that an aerial search had begun as neither of the swimmers had been located. Fifteen minutes later, ATCEMS said the search continued with multiple assets in the area.
Shortly before 7:40 p.m., ATCEMS said it was leaving the scene and that the rescue had transitioned to a recovery scenario.
"After extensive search from water, land, and air, no victims located," ATCEMS said via Twitter. "The rescue is transitioning to a recovery."
ATCEMS confirmed with KVUE that someone did witness the incident.
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