Sunday,  March 17, 2013 • Vol. 14--No. 241 • 35 of 46 •  Other Editions

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Crews recover man's body from icy S. Dakota river
KRISTI EATON,Associated Press

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Crews on Saturday recovered the body of a second person who drowned in an icy South Dakota river while trying to save a 6-year-old boy, authorities said.
• A search boat discovered the body of Lyle Francis Eagletail, 28, in the Big Sioux River shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday, said Jeff Helm, division chief for Sioux Falls Fire and Rescue.
• Eagletail had been near the river in Falls Park Thursday evening when he saw 6-year-old Garrett Martin Wallace either fall into the frothing water or become obscured by the gathering foam. Garrett's 16-year-old sister had jumped in to save the boy and Eagletail followed. The boy later emerged from the river and was uninjured.
• The body of Madison Leigh Wallace, of Vermillion, was discovered Friday afternoon. Eagletail's body was discovered about 100 feet from Wallace's body in a part of the river that was about 12 feet deep, Helm said. It was an area on the east bank that crews had previously searched.
• "That just shows you how treacherous and how easy it is to hide such a thing in this murky water," he said.
• Witness accounts differ on whether someone pushed the boy out of the water or he popped up on a rock before being pulled ashore, Sioux Falls Fire Chief Jim Sideras said earlier. Emergency workers carried the boy away from the river wrapped in a blanket.
• About 45 people had been taking part in the search efforts Saturday, including a dive team from Pierre, Helm said.
• About a dozen family members of Eagletail's had remained at the river as rescuers searched for him. After the body was found, they immediately left to see it at a nearby hospital and did not speak with the media.
• The park had been closed since the incident and was to reopen at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sioux Falls Fire said. The city rescheduled an annual St. Patrick's Day lighting ceremony at Falls Park until Sunday.
• The city of Sioux Falls is named after the Big Sioux River's cascading waterfalls in Falls Park, a tourist attraction where people often picnic or pose for wedding photos.
• The park draws about 525,000 visitors annually, according the local visitors' bureau, and is an especially popular spot in the spring and summer. Thursday had

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