EAGLE PASS, Texas — The Texas Military Department is still searching for the body of a Texas National Guard soldier who jumped into the Rio Grande to save drowning migrants on Friday.
Searchers have been trying to recover the body of Texas Army National Guard Specialist Bishop E. Evans for two days. Evans, 22, was a field artilleryman from Arlington, Texas, who joined the National Guard in May 2019.
A US Customs & Border Protection boat with soldiers on board is slowly making its way up and down this part of the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, searching for the missing National Guard soldier @TexasGuard @USBPChiefDRT @TxDPSSouth https://t.co/pk79TTtLPf pic.twitter.com/tLN681z98I The soldier took off his walky-talky and body armor, dropped them on the shore, and ran into the water to rescue them, Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber told the Washington Examiner Friday.
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