Update: Wednesday, 12:57 p.m.:
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Original story:
Helicopters from the Philadelphia Police Department and Coast Guard searched late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning for two teen boys believed to be swept away in the currents of the murky Neshaminy Creek along the Bensalem and Middletown border.
The call for help came to authorities late Tuesday night and a large emergency response was sent, including trained marine units from local fire departments.
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Bensalem Safety Director Fred Harran told Bensalem Patch that their were reports of teenagers running through neighborhoods near the search site. He was unclear whether the two missing teens could be in the group, but told the website the search would continue.
One teenager, who was swimming with the two missing subjects, made it out of the creek and was treated for minor exhaustion, NBC 10 reports.
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As of 3:30 a.m. the search was continuing between the Neshaminy Creek falls behind Neshaminy Middle School in Middletown and the where the tributary enters the Delaware River in Bristol Township and Bensalem, according to scanner reports.
The creek was swollen due to heavy rain storms that moved through Monday night and Tuesday.
Crews from Lower Southampton, Nottingham, Parkland and Trevose fire companies responded to the scene, along with emergency medical service units and police.
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