Detroit — Rescue crews are searching for a city firefighter who was reported missing after he helped save girls from drowning in the Detroit River Friday night, authorities said.
Michigan State Police dispatchers received a call about 9 p.m. from a 10-year-old girl saying she had lost her father, the agency said.
Troopers, state Department of Natural Resources officers, and city firefighters responded to the scene near the Detroit Yacht Club.
A dive team is searching for Sgt. Sivad Johnson, 48, after he entered the water Friday night, said Dave Fornell, deputy commissioner of the Detroit Fire Department.
The off-duty sergeant and his 10-year-old daughter were talking a walk near the Yacht Club when they heard three young girls screaming for help from the water, Fornell told The Detroit News.
Another civilian and a nearby boat assisted in the rescue.
"From the civilian, we talked to last night, there were a lot of rip currents and the sergeant went out into the water," Fornell said. "One girl was rescued by the civilian and the boat picked up the two other girls."
The incident took nearly 45 minutes. Only after the children were safe with their parents, Johnson's daughter realized he was missing and called 911, authorities said.
"It is believed the father may have been dragged underwater by the rip-current and no one noticed," Michigan State Police said.
Johnson is a 26-year-veteran of the Detroit Fire Department, Fornell said.
"He's a firefighter, he saw the girls in distress and jumped in. He's done that his entire career," Fornell said. "Something happened and it's unfortunate to have lost one of our own that way."
The girl was turned over to her grandfather. The Harbor Master requested a Detroit Police Department dive team to search for the father.
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