{"id":31955,"date":"2026-08-08T05:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=31955"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:36:12","slug":"two-adults-and-a-child-who-disappeared-while-tubing-on-a-michigan-river-found-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=31955","title":{"rendered":"Two adults and a child who disappeared while tubing on a Michigan river found safe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"anchor-df5b51\" class=\"body-graf\">Two women and a 9-year-old who disappeared while tubing on a Michigan river earlier this week were found safe Friday afternoon, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-67c70f\" class=\"body-graf\">A Michigan State Police K9 team and state conservation officers found them at 4:36 p.m., nearly a mile away from a boat launch on the Muskegon River, state police said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-5f9ba7\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cThis is the outcome everyone hoped for,\u201d the agency said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-d836fa\" class=\"body-graf\">The relationship of the women, both 28, to the child was not immediately clear.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-38ebe2\" class=\"body-graf\">The statement did not provide additional information about their conditions or the circumstances of their disappearance.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"styles_inlineImage__FvnTh styles_medium__MEKii\" id=\"anchor-c0a8e4\"><picture class=\"styles_image__i32F7\" data-testid=\"picture\" data-flavor=\"fit\" data-original-height=\"1080\" data-original-width=\"1920\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2026-08\/260806-missing-tubers-3-cc-0722p-8f9515.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-08\/260806-missing-tubers-3-cc-0722p-8f9515.jpg 1x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2026-08\/260806-missing-tubers-3-cc-0722p-8f9515.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-08\/260806-missing-tubers-3-cc-0722p-8f9515.jpg 1x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-08\/260806-missing-tubers-3-cc-0722p-8f9515.jpg\" alt=\"Scene video shows police vehicles near the Muskegon River, in Michigan, where the three tubers went missing.\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption styles_caption__TCewG\" data-testid=\"caption\"><span class=\"caption__container\" data-testid=\"caption__container\">A police vehicle and boat near the Muskegon River, in Michigan, where the three tubers went missing.<\/span><span class=\"caption__source\" data-testid=\"caption__source\">Stringr<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"anchor-21d410\" class=\"body-graf\">The trio was found roughly 11 miles southwest of a different boat launch, where a car belonging to one of the women was discovered with a window broken out, state police said in a statement Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-35ab35\" class=\"body-graf\">That woman\u2019s father found the car and alerted authorities. At that point the group had been missing for more than 24 hours and their relatives hadn\u2019t been able to reach them, the agency said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-a17ed8\" class=\"body-graf\">Two of their tubes and footprints were found Thursday, the agency said. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-cdaab4\" class=\"endmark body-graf\">Nearly two-dozen state police posts, law enforcement agencies and other government departments assisted in the search, state police said Friday. Volunteers were also involved, the agency said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two women and a 9-year-old who disappeared while tubing on a Michigan river earlier this week were found safe Friday afternoon, authorities said. 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