Overview
- The raft began taking on water and sank on Saturday morning around 5:30 a.m., and 17-year-old Nathan Lowery did not resurface.
- Other people on the raft were rescued and made it safely out of the water, according to Texas EquuSearch.
- Texas EquuSearch has joined the Texas City Police Department and other agencies in an active search that continued through Sunday with no confirmed recovery reported.
- Lowery’s family released photos and said he was last seen wearing a royal blue T-shirt and dark gray shorts as they appealed for public help.
- Anyone with information is asked to contact the Texas City Police Department at 409-948-2525 or Texas EquuSearch at 281-309-9500; Texas EquuSearch is a volunteer search-and-recovery group that often responds to water and missing-person cases in the region.