Police, fire and water rescue crew were forced on Wednesday to call off the search for a Norwood teen missing in the Little Miami River in Mariemont due to rough water conditions.
Rescuers hope to get back into the water and continue to look for 19 year old Otis Andrews on Thursday-but impending storms may impact that decision.
Andrews went missing in the river on Tuesday. He was one of six people swimming near a boat ramp that is south of the Mariemont Swim Club. The swimmers say the current became strong. Five people made it to shore, but Andrews went under, and never resurfaced.Several water rescue crafts were launched to try and locate him. The search was called off just before midnight Tuesday.
The search resumed at 8 a.m. Wednesday, when scuba diving crews began searching. But the current became strong again and crews had to use sonar to scan the waters until they made the decision to stop searching around 3:30 p.m.
Andrews mother spoke with Local 12 and says her son is a 2012 graduate of Norwood High School who loved news and coffee. She says her son plans to enter the military and become a chef. She wants anyone walking along the river today to call out his name because she still has hope that he will be found alive.
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