WASHINGTON 鈥斅燭wo people were caught in the Potomac River in separate incidents Tuesday evening, and one of them still hasn鈥檛 been found.
At about 7 p.m., a call came in about a swimmer 鈥斅燼 man in his 20s 鈥斅爓ent into the water near Rocky Island and didn鈥檛 come up, said Pete Piringer, of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service.
Searchers including Montgomery County Swift boats, park rangers and the Montgomery County police searched for two hours before calling it off due to darkness. They resumed the search at 8 a.m. Wednesday.
Piringer says searchers were already in the area when that call came in, because at about 6 p.m., a 20-year-old woman went into the Potomac north of Great Falls and was swept away by the current. U.S. Park Police searchers in a helicopter spotted her near the American Legion Bridge, about two miles away, and she was rescued by a kayaker in the area, Piringer said.
Piringer pointed out that boating and kayaking are permitted in that area of the Potomac, but swimming and wading are prohibited.
