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12/01/2004
Hopes fade as search for missing boy is scaled down
The Coastguard have scaled down their search for a 14-year-old boy who was swept out to sea at the weekend.
It is now over 24 hours since teenager Jordan Murdoch fell from a pier in Killough, Co Down during bad weather on Sunday.
Hopes of finding Jordan alive are now considered remote.
A second boy, aged 12, was being treated in Downe hospital, Downpatrick after suffering from the effects of shock and hypothermia after he was pulled from the water following an attempt to rescue his friend.
Around 60 people have been involved in the search operation which has also included lifeboats from Newcastle and Portaferry as well as an Irish Coastguard helicopter.
The alarm was raised just after lunchtime on Sunday, however poor weather in the area has hampered the search effort.
(MB)
It is now over 24 hours since teenager Jordan Murdoch fell from a pier in Killough, Co Down during bad weather on Sunday.
Hopes of finding Jordan alive are now considered remote.
A second boy, aged 12, was being treated in Downe hospital, Downpatrick after suffering from the effects of shock and hypothermia after he was pulled from the water following an attempt to rescue his friend.
Around 60 people have been involved in the search operation which has also included lifeboats from Newcastle and Portaferry as well as an Irish Coastguard helicopter.
The alarm was raised just after lunchtime on Sunday, however poor weather in the area has hampered the search effort.
(MB)
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Search for boy continued by volunteers
Despite the official search being stood down on Monday, teams of local volunteers are continuing the search for the boy swept off a Co Down pier on Sunday. Jordan Murdoch, 14, fell off the pier in Killough at lunchtime on Sunday, but a number of volunteers have pledged to continue a search of the shoreline in the area today.
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Despite the official search being stood down on Monday, teams of local volunteers are continuing the search for the boy swept off a Co Down pier on Sunday. Jordan Murdoch, 14, fell off the pier in Killough at lunchtime on Sunday, but a number of volunteers have pledged to continue a search of the shoreline in the area today.
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