Ohio River Search Over
By: Web Producer
Updated: September 27, 2007
The search is over for the man who fell off a tug boat and into the Ohio River Tuesday.
Emergency crews recovered the body of 20-year old Josh Harris of Ohio at around 8:30 Thursday morning.
It was almost a mile downstream from the Troy area in Perry County where they were searching.
Despite using sonar units and dragging operations, it was a simple surface search that led to the discovery.
Conservation officers think the body surfaced sometime in the early morning hours.
They still dont know what caused Harris to fall overboard.
An autopsy will soon be performed in Louisville.
Click Watch to hear a conservation officer discuss their extensive attempts to find him.
