Crews recovered the body of a young man who accidentally drowned Sunday night in Indian Creek in Kansas City, Missouri.
A HEART-BREAKINGDISCOVERY.TODAY, SEARCH CREWSRECOVERED THE BODY OFA TEEN WHO DROWNED ININDIAN CREEK.41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER ANDRESGUTIERREZ TALKED WITHTHE 19-YEAR-OLDS LOVEDONES.DEEP SORROW ON THEBANKS OF INDIAN CREEK INSOUTH KANSAS CITY ASDIVERS RECOVER THEBODY OF TREVIONMCAFEE.Jairus poole/Boyfriend/The first thing she said to meshe said they can't find him....WHEN JAIRUS POOLELEARNED WHAT HAPPENEDTO HIS BOYFRIEND THEWORLD STOPPED...Jairus poole/Boyfriend/when they say that they hit meso hard, like really brokedown.
So we're like, I couldn'teven walk because like, that'sthe love of my life.
That's theperson I've been with for ayear and seven months.CUT SHORT WHENTREVION WENT TO THECREEK NEAR 103RD ANDSTATELINE WITH A GROUPOF FRIENDS SUNDAYEVENING.A STRONG CURRENTSWEPT HIM UNDER.Jairus poole/Boyfriend/one of the girls tried to savehim.
She had his head the firsttime and then after that thecurrent came in, it came andbasically she lost himFIREFIGHTERS SEARCHEDFOR TREVION FOR MOREFOUR HOURS BEFORE BADWEATHER MOVED IN.CREWS PICKED UP THESEARCH MONDAYMORNING.Jairus poole/Boyfriend/It's wrong for this happened tohim.
He didn't do nothingwrong there is no reason thisshould happen to him.Andres Gutierrez/Reporting/although he didn't know howto swim, the 19-year-oldfamiliar with this area alongbrush creekJairus poole/Boyfriend/What we do is we get in thewater and we just takepictures.
And then after wetake pictures we get out of thewaterChristopher Mcafee/Cousin/he knew where to stand andwhere not to stand.THIS TRAGIC ACCIDENTTAKING THE LIFE OF AYOUNG MAN WHO FAMILYSAY HAD A ZEST FOR LIFE.Christopher Mcafee/Cousin/Very uplifting no matter whathe was going through, whathe had been through, healways found a way to lifteverybody upIN KANSAS CITY.
ANDRESGUTIERREZ.
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Family of the young Missouri man who drowned in Indian Creek shared a warning about playing near water as his body was recovered..