So they partnered with Living Lands and Waters to do the hard work.
“[They were] Working and labeling little buoys here and there, then come into town with your excavator and operations here, move with your dive team with your dive team, mark your car, excavate I picked it up by plane. ” said Callie Schaser, her specialist in nonprofit communications.
Their efforts are paying off.
Hamilton County has 26 miles of coastline and 10 cars were pulled from the river in just four days.
A total of 14 were previously confirmed by divers, with more resurfacing in the coming days.
But while the crew has been working to save and restore the river for a week, the week-long effort that began last Friday isn’t just about clearing debris.
The crew hopes that the sunken metal may reveal a treasure trove of evidence.
“Even digging a car out of the bottom of a river will do whatever it takes to solve a crime,” said Theetge.
Chris Fritsch, commander of the HCPA Dive Team, said his unit’s primary goal was to aid criminal investigations, and some of the recovered vehicles were used for unsolved cases, missing persons and missing persons. He also said he hopes it will be a clue to the undiscovered vehicle that was stolen.
Some of these cars have been in the ocean for 30, 40, 50 years, and when they’ve been in the ocean for that long, it’s very difficult to identify and understand why they were there. ‘ said Fritsch. “Cincinnati’s Investigative Services Unit can perform VIN numbers, inspect vehicles, and better see them from the water.”
Surgery ended on Friday, but work to retrieve it from the river will continue, Fritsch said.
“From the embankment, 160 feet into the center of the river are covered,” he said. “Obviously there could have been more objects and vehicles in the river, which made it more difficult. there is.”
