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Tuesday, July 1, 2014
June 30, 2014: First responders arrived at 5:45 p.m. after a teenage boy who was swimming the creek under the Fishers Lane bridge did not resurface.
June 30, 2014: First responders arrived at 5:45 p.m. after a teenage boy who was swimming the creek under the Fishers Lane bridge did not resurface.
June 30, 2014: First responders arrived at 5:45 p.m. after a teenage boy who was swimming the creek under the Fishers Lane bridge did not resurface.
June 30, 2014: First responders arrived at 5:45 p.m. after a teenage boy who was swimming the creek under the Fishers Lane bridge did not resurface.
June 30, 2014: First responders arrived at 5:45 p.m. after a teenage boy who was swimming the creek under the Fishers Lane bridge did not resurface.
June 30, 2014: First responders arrived at 5:45 p.m. after a teenage boy who was swimming the creek under the Fishers Lane bridge did not resurface.
June 30, 2014: First responders arrived at 5:45 p.m. after a teenage boy who was swimming the creek under the Fishers Lane bridge did not resurface.
June 30, 2014: First responders arrived at 5:45 p.m. after a teenage boy who was swimming the creek under the Fishers Lane bridge did not resurface.
June 30, 2014: First responders arrived at 5:45 p.m. after a teenage boy who was swimming the creek under the Fishers Lane bridge did not resurface.
June 30, 2014: First responders arrived at 5:45 p.m. after a teenage boy who was swimming the creek under the Fishers Lane bridge did not resurface.
June 30, 2014: First responders arrived at 5:45 p.m. after a teenage boy who was swimming the creek under the Fishers Lane bridge did not resurface.
June 30, 2014: First responders arrived at 5:45 p.m. after a teenage boy who was swimming the creek under the Fishers Lane bridge did not resurface.
June 30, 2014: First responders arrived at 5:45 p.m. after a teenage boy who was swimming the creek under the Fishers Lane bridge did not resurface.
June 30, 2014: First responders arrived at 5:45 p.m. after a teenage boy who was swimming the creek under the Fishers Lane bridge did not resurface.
June 30, 2014: First responders arrived at 5:45 p.m. after a teenage boy who was swimming the creek under the Fishers Lane bridge did not resurface.
June 30, 2014: First responders arrived at 5:45 p.m. after a teenage boy who was swimming the creek under the Fishers Lane bridge did not resurface.
June 30, 2014: First responders arrived at 5:45 p.m. after a teenage boy who was swimming the creek under the Fishers Lane bridge did not resurface.
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June 30, 2014: First responders arrived at 5:45 p.m. after a teenage boy who was swimming the creek under the Fishers Lane bridge did not resurface.
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