Overview
- Rescuers recovered the teenager on Wednesday following Tuesday’s capsize in the Teufelsschlucht near Lofer after the overnight search paused for darkness and bad weather.
- Teams located him trapped under a large rock in the riverbed and turned the body over to police soon after the recovery.
- The 17-year-old had been paddling with a group of eight that included instructors, and his companions called for help when he did not resurface.
- Austrian water rescue specialists used rope safety lines, possible pulleys, and rafts as work platforms to reach turbulent sections of the gorge.
- Water rescue units from Salzburg worked with Bavaria’s lifeguards, local firefighters, and alpine police as snow, rain, and freezing air cut short safe time in the water.