‘Extensive search’ under way for 11-year-old girl who fell into River Thames

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1. It’s brutal. I live in Greenwich and was iut with the dog and saw the commotion. Coastguard helicopter is up and a Border Force boat is out. 

   Then saw the news alert. Poor girl. 

2. I follow that chap who is kayaking from source to sea of the Thames and it’s hard to comprehend how wild that river is through london. I hope she was found quick enough

3. 11-year-old girl is specific. Police know who she is?

4. Poor darling girl and her family. I hope she is found soon but I also know the dangers of the river. 

   What an utterly tragic situation.

5. From the article:

   Kerry Benadjaoud, a 62-year-old lifelong resident of the area, said she heard of the incident from her next-door neighbour, who “was outside doing her garden and there was two little kids running, and they said ‘my friend’s in the water'”.

   When she arrived at the scene with a life ring, a man told her he had called the police, “but he said at the time he could see her hands going down”.

   Ms Benadjaoud then said a boy who was playing with the 11-year-old girl near the Thames “said ‘I tried to hold her hand but it slipped'”.

   She then added: “Apparently, she was paddling, so her socks and shoes were off, her coat, then she must have slipped and gone down.”

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   What a horrible situation, the friends will need a lot of support to deal with that

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