MLive.com (Mich.)
Track Coach Missing For A Week, Search Continues
February 16, 2011 /
Midland County Sheriff Jerry Nielsen said a search crew of about 12 people continue to scour across the Tittabawasse River Tuesday. Divers, helicopters and sonar technology have been used to find Cole.
“It was a week ago today that he was out there,” said Nielsen.
For now, there is no timetable for the search.
“We don’t have a magic number,” said Nielsen. “We continue to work…
“We are pretty confident that he is in the river; we’ve had crews pounding the grounds… it just points to the river.”
Today, crews were re-searching areas that they didn’t feel confident with in their first search. Crews have searched the river from slightly north above West Curtis Road to about a quarter of a mile north of West Baker Road.
Swanton Memorial Hall, 6460 N. Water Road, in Edenville Township is serving as the command center for the search crew and a place to gather for the community. A volunteer today said the number of community members has been lower today.
On Monday, Caroyln Bacon, a volunteer Edenville Township firefighter, said more than 100 people have made their way through the township hall.
