(17 Jul 2023)
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Upper Makefield, Pennsylvania – 17 July 2023
1. Wide of road closure
HEADLINE: Search for missing children in PA flood continues
2. Wide of press conference
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Scott Ellis, uncle of missing children:
“First, our family would like to extend our deepest gratitude for the enormous efforts of so many emergency personnel who have been working tirelessly in dangerous and difficult conditions to rescue the victims of this horrific tragedy. Their compassion, kindness and bravery have given us strength in this unspeakably difficult time, and their commitment to bringing Conrad and Matti home is unwavering.”
4. Road closure sign
5. Police car
ANNOTATION: Authorities described Monday's search for missing Matilda Sheils, 2, and her 9-month-old brother Conrad Sheils as a massive undertaking.
6. Police car
7. Close up of flashing light on car
ANNOTATION: They were swept away in a family car when torrential rains flooded a roadway. Their mother was among at least five people killed in the flooding.
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Chief Tim Brewer, Upper Makefield Township Fire Department:
“These people did not drive into high water. They were caught. This was a flash flood. And this was the meaning of a flash flood. Every one of these people were caught in the water. The wall of water came to them. They did not go into the water.”
9. Wide of road
10. Sign reads, “road closed”
ANNOTATION: Authorities said they are bringing in additional support from the state of Pennsylvania and New Jersey for tomorrow's search operation.
STORYLINE:
Emergency crews in suburban Philadelphia intensified their search Monday for a missing 9-month-old boy and his 2-year-old sister who were swept away in a family car when torrential rains flooded a roadway.
Scott Ellis, an uncle to the missing children, thanked rescuers for their work and the community for its "love, kindness and prayers." And he expressed gratitude that some relatives survived.
Authorities described Monday's search for missing Matilda Sheils, 2, and her 9-month-old brother Conrad Sheils as a “massive undertaking” including 100 search crew members and numerous drones dispatched along a creek that drains into the Delaware River. The children are members of a Charleston, South Carolina, family that was visiting relatives and friends when they got caught in a flash flood Saturday.
The children's mother, Katie Seley, 32, was among at least five people killed in the flooding, while the grandmother survived, Upper Makefield Police said in a social media post.
Pennsylvania's deadly flash flooding called to mind torrential rains that killed at least 25 people in New Jersey when the remnants of Hurricane Ida passed through the state in 2021. People abandoned cars along washed-out roadways as muddy waters overtook driving lanes and flooded low-lying houses.
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