Chattooga Recovery Team bringing in More Experts

The Incident Team managing search efforts for the body of Thomas Hill of Tampa, Fla., are bringing in more experts to review the Sockem-Dog rapid.  “As we said Friday, we’ve been reaching out to other agencies and private companies for additional experts to assist with the development of new concepts and ideas,” said Incident Commander Buck Haney. “In the next few days they’ll be visiting Sockem-Dog to see the Chattooga’s unique characteristics, flows and velocity in person, and hopefully give us some realistic options.” On Saturday, a cofferdam expert will be visiting the Five Falls Area. In addition, two national search and rescue experts will visit the site early next week. All three are expected to provide the Incident Team with an on-the-ground perspective on options other than those currently being deployed. “We will continue to use divers, underwater cameras, aerial support, river guides and side-scan sonar to search for Mr. Hill,” said Haney.