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(AP) — The body of a young girl was recovered Friday in the Delaware River and was believed to be a 2-year-old who was one of two children swept away from their family's vehicle by a flash flood last weekend, authorities said.
Matilda Sheils was swept away with her nine-month-old brother, who is still missing.
Matilda "Mattie" Sheils' body was recovered in the Delaware River on Friday, five days after she was swept away in dangerous floodwaters with her mother and baby brother, who is still missing.
Search operations will continue for Mattie's 9-month-old brother, Conrad.
The family of a 2-year-old girl swept away along with another child by a flash flood that engulfed their vehicle on a Pennsylvania road is expressing gratitude at the discovery of a body believed to be hers