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GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) -- Search crews have found the body of one of three men who were swept away after they jumped into the Colorado River on a visit to the Grand Canyon.
Canyon officials are waiting to identify him until they can tell his family.
The search continues for the other two men. Searchers are using a helicopter, a dog and other efforts to try to find them.
Garrick Taylor, a spokesman for the Tri-City Baptist Church, said the men were part of a 30-member group that went on a planned three-day hiking trip on Wednesday that the church organizes each year.
Grand Canyon National Park spokeswoman Maureen Oltrogge identified the three as 15-year-old Saif Savaya, and two brothers, 16-year-old Mark Merrill and 22-year-old Joey Merrill. None were wearing life vests.
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