Houston woman was nearing start of Army enlistment when she went missing in Lake Conroe, family says KTRK
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One of the victims presumed to have drowned in Lake Conroe Friday evening was preparing to serve in the U.S. military, family told ABC13.
According to the brother of 26-year-old Nizigiyimana Peragie, the young woman had enlisted in the Army and was enjoying her last week before boot camp when this tragedy happened.
Witnesses told police that they saw a group of people rent a pontoon on Friday before seeing a woman, now identified as Peragie, fall overboard that same watercraft. They said her boyfriend, 24-year-old Nsengiyumva Adrien, jumped in to save her, and neither resurfaced.
Police identify jet skier who drowned at Lake Waco
and last updated 2021-05-08 10:18:05-04
WACO, TX â Friday, May 7, evening search crews pulled a body out of Lake Waco that they say matches the description of the missing 23-year-old jet skier that went missing Thursday night.
Saturday, May 8, authorities identified the victim as 23-year-old Daylon Dixon from Waco.
The speedy recovery is thanks to multiple agencies searching on the water and in the air.
Dixon was on a 2 seat jet ski with another woman when it tipped over.
The woman was rescued by a good samaritan on the water, but with nightfall, crews had to continue the now recovery mission early Friday morning.
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Texas Game Wardens Rescue 10 Migrants During Rio Grande Border Crossing
3 May 2021
Texas game wardens, DPS troopers, and Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents teamed up in the rescue of 10 migrants who became distressed while illegally crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico. Game wardens responded after hearing people screaming for help in the river.
“Our agents and partners continue to save the lives of those in need,” Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Austin Skero tweeted. “With assistance from Texas Game Wardens, we recently responded and rescued 10 migrants that were heard screaming for help from an island in the river.”
The video shows Texas Parks and Wildlife wardens in their river patrol boat approaching the U.S. bank of the Rio Grande with a group of migrant adults and children. The game wardens heard the ten migrants screaming for help and pulled them into their boat.