FALMOUTH, Maine — The body of 14-year-old Mohammed Al Ammar of Portland was recovered Friday morning from the Presumpscot River near the Allen Avenue Bridge in Falmouth, according to the Maine Department of Marine Resources.
His body was recovered around 9:20 a.m.
A search led by the Maine Marine Patrol began around 6:50 p.m. Thursday.
The search involved members of the Falmouth police and fire departments, the Maine Warden Service and the Maine State Police/Marine Patrol dive team.
According to witness reports, Ammar, who was not wearing a life jacket, was paddling a kayak in the Presumpscot River when his kayak capsized around 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Another boy with him in the tandem kayak was wearing a life jacket and made it to shore.
The search continued Thursday evening until 11 p.m. and resumed Friday morning with a shoreline search starting around 4:30 a.m.
Dive team members assisted by the Maine Warden Service, using a remotely operated submersible camera, resumed the search around 8 a.m. and located his body in 16 feet of water near the bridge.
Ammar was a student at Deering High School.
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