It was a good weekend for the New Braunfels Fire Department.
On Friday, firefighters, city staff and elected officials and residents gathered at the construction site on city-owned property on Water Lane for the departmentâs future Fire Station No. 2 for a topping -out ceremony, which included an opportunity to sign the final roof beam before it was placed on the building.
New Braunfels Fire Chief Patrick OâConnell addresses attendees during a topping-out ceremony for the future Fire Station No. 2 on Friday. The $7.4 million fire station, approved by voters as part of the 2019 bond program, will include living quarters, a kitchen, a day room, a gym, and room to house four apparatus.Â
On the fourth day of searching, divers Tuesday afternoon recovered the body of Joel Jijo, 22, of Houston, who disappeared while swimming on Canyon Lake on Saturday morning.
Samuel Padgett, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game warden, said Jijo, who wasnât wearing a lifejacket when last seen between Boat Ramps No. 5 and No. 6 on Saturday, was recovered by Houston Police Department divers in about 34 feet of water around 5 p.m.
âFrom the beginning of the search there wasnât a moment where there wasnât at least one boat looking in the search area,â Padgett said of the four-day recovery effort by boats and divers from the TPWD, Canyon Lake Fire and EMS and the New Braunfels Fire Department.Â