Family was spending holiday on Dauphin Island
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/08/03
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A 17-year-old boy from Taiwan was found dead after going for a
Ambulances at Dauphin Island (photo courtesy of WKRG).
swim in the U.S. state of Alabama, while his father was still missing, reports said Friday.
The father, aged 47, his son and family were holidaying in the southern state when they went out for a swim at Dauphin Island on Thursday afternoon local time, according to the Associated Press.
After swimming about 100 meters out to sea, both disappeared. An air and sea search turned up the body of the boy at 6 p.m., at around a distance of one mile from the spot where he vanished.
The search continued for the father, but until press time without result, media reported.
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