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Officials End Recovery Efforts For Delco Girl Lost In Chester Creek: Report Officials End Recovery Efforts For Delco Girl Lost In Chester Creek: Report
Officials End Recovery Efforts For Delco Girl Lost In Chester Creek: Report Chester city officials are ending their efforts to locate 6-year-old Li'najah Brooker, 6abc reports. Brooker was playing near Chester Creek off 8th Street sometime before 7 p.m. Saturday, March 23 when she slipped and fell in, officials said previously.  Rescue crews were on the scene within two minutes but the rescue effort was deemed a recovery by Sunday afternoon, March 24.  Chester city officials said they spent Monday, March 25 using a towed side-scan sonar device to search the creekbed, but nothing was found. Additional scans were completed and canine sc…

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by Mac Bullock
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Search For Girl Swept Away In PA Creek Is Recovery Operation, Officials Say Search For Girl Swept Away In PA Creek Is Recovery Operation, Officials Say
Search For Girl Swept Away In PA Creek Is Recovery Operation, Officials Say The search for a 6-year-old girl swept away by a creek in Chester, PA after this weekend's storm continues as a recovery operation, officials said. Lin'ajah Brooker was playing near Chester Creek off 8th Street sometime before 7 p.m. Saturday, March 23 when she slipped and fell in, officials said at a press briefing. #BREAKING: Officials tell us the search for missing six-year-old Lin’ajah Brooker has turned into a recovery operation. @NBCPhiladelphia pic.twitter.com/xvoLcctJ3m — Brian Sheehan (@BSheehanTV) March 24, 2024 Chester City Officials have updated the community on th…

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by Cecilia Levine