METRO SEARCH TEAM RECOVERS FLOOD VICTIM NEAR MILL CREEK
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 12, 2010
1 p.m.
EOC Media Desk
(615) 862-8540
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A Metro Search and Recovery Team in the Mill Creek area today discovered the body of a man presumed to be Daniel Brown, 18, who went missing while attempting to float an inner tube down a flooded Mill Creek on Sunday night.
The victim was found in a remote area of Mill Creek inaccessible due to flood waters until Monday. Teams have been performing an intensive search, which included the private farm property off Massman Drive since that time, which is a heavily eroded area covered in trees and brush. An off-duty Nashville Fire Department Captain, volunteering his time to the search efforts, located the victim at 11:40 a.m. Firefighters brought the victim out of the creek area by rappelling up a 30-foot bluff.
Representatives from the following agencies and volunteer groups have assisted in searching the areas of both Mill Creek and the Harpeth River by foot, land and air since Sunday, May 2:
- USAR Teams from NFD, MNPD, OEM
- NFD Swift Water Rescue Team & Water Rescue Teams (boats)
- NFD Command Officers (Assistant & District Chiefs)
- NFD Fire Companies
- NFD ATV’s
- OEM Water Rescue Teams (boats and Sonar equipment)
- NFD and OEM Divers
- MNPD Helicopter
- 32 MNPD Trainees
- 6-10 Human Remains Dogs
- Metro Water Services and Metro Planning Department (maps)
- Box 55 and Red Cross (food & water)
- Numerous Civilian Volunteers
Search and Recovery Teams from the Mill Creek operation will now join in the continued search along the Harpeth River for another man missing from last week’s floods. Danny Tomlinson, 39, was last seen inside a car on Saturday night on Newsome Station Road in Bellevue. His car was later recovered.