UPPER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (UPPER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa.) -- A search continued Monday afternoon for a 9-month-old boy and his 2-year-old sister after they and their mother were swept away in a flash flood in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on Saturday while driving with other family members to a barbecue, officials said.
The search for the children was centered around Hough's Creek, just south of Upper Makefield Township, Chief Tim Brewer of the Upper Makefield Fire Company said at a news conference Monday.
The missing children's father and Saley's fiancée, Jim Sheils, released a statement through police saying he and his family"would like to thank everyone for their prayers and support. They would also like to thank all of the personnel involved in this massive search effort to find Mattie and Conrad."
"They were caught in a flash flood," Brewer said."The wall of water came to them, not the other way around." At least 75 search-and-rescue crew members were combing the area for the missing children, Brewer said. He said the number of search-and-rescue personnel is expected to grow to over 100 on Monday as more equipment is being brought in to aid in the search."We're in the area of the creek and widening the search," Brewer said Monday."This is going to be a massive undertaking. We are searching the entire creek.
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