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Rescuers investigate empty boat in Missouri River

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Rescue crews pulled an abandoned boat from the Missouri River near the Isle of Capri Casino but don&#x92;t believe anyone was missing from it. </p><p>&#x93;There was driftwood in the boat that had been dried and there was no motor to it,&#x94; said Battalion Chief Lew Hendricks, a spokesman for Kansas City Fire Department. &#x93;We checked the banks of river and the main channel and found no one.&#x94;</p><p>The fire department started searching the river between the Bond and Chouteau bridges after receiving a report about 8 a.m. of a boat floating down the river with no one aboard. </p><p>As a precaution, fire fighters responded to perform a water rescue to check out the boat and make sure no one had fallen in. The boat only had debris in it.</p><p>The boat was taken to the nearby River Front Park and was turned over to police.</p><p>The fire department was wrapping up the operation about 9 a.m.</p><p><iframe width="325" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=213034408966107279913.0004c050521a7d64169b6&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=m&amp;ll=39.136585,-94.544563&amp;spn=0.046602,0.05579&amp;z=13&amp;output=embed"></iframe><br /><small>View <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=213034408966107279913.0004c050521a7d64169b6&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=m&amp;ll=39.136585,-94.544563&amp;spn=0.046602,0.05579&amp;z=13&amp;source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">Rescuers pull abandoned boat from Missouri River</a> in a larger map</small>

Source: Kansas City Star