Update: Wednesday, 5:41 p.m.:
Credit: Bensalem Police
Bensalem police have identified the two missing teens as Dan Tadrzynski and Perry Krewson.
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Authorities have called off their search for the evening and will start again Thursday once the sun comes up, according to Sgt. Andrew Aninsman.
On Wednesday afternoon, police expanded the search to include the Neshaminy Creek to the Delaware River.
“We have asked that anyone near the waterways to please keep an eye out for anything suspicious and call 911 immediately,” police said in a press release.
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Bensalem Public Safety Director Fred Harran said the teens are not believed to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time they went missing.
Original Story:
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Crews from the Coast Guard, Philadelphia police, a Virginia water rescue team and around Bucks County are searching the Neshaminy Creek in Bensalem and Middletown for two missing teens who were reported to be swept away in the currents late Tuesday night.
Specially-trained crews spent the night searching before they were called off early Wednesday morning. The large search, which involved multiple helicopters, began again around at 7 a.m.
As of 12:30 p.m., the two had not been found. Officials said the effort is a “recovery.”
PHOTOS: Authorities Search for Missing Teens in Creek
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Bensalem Public Safety Director Fred Harran said the search and recovery teams would search as long as necessary.
Two Bensalem teens – 18 and 19 years old – were swimming with another teen in the area of Neshaminy Falls when the current took them away at around 10:30 p.m. The one teen made to shore while the 18 and 18 year olds did not, officials said. The lone teen called 9-1-1 to report his friends were missing, and a slew of emergency crews responded to the area.
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Family of the teens stood outside the Trevose Fire Company substation on Bristol Road in Bensalem. Officials and clergy stood talking to the gathered family.
Harran said the teens parked their cars at the Neshaminy Falls train station, across from the fire station, and walked to the water to swim. He added that the teens entered the falls area, which is a popular swimming spot, on the Bensalem side of the raging creek.
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The creek was swollen due to heavy rain storms that moved through Monday night and Tuesday.
Dozens of emergency personnel were searching the river as of noon.
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More details to follow.
