Updated: 9:01 PM EDT Jul 5, 2021 WXII12.com Web Staff Click the video player above for initial information.The body of the final missing tuber in the Dan River was recovered Monday afternoon, Rockingham County officials said.Teresa Villano, 35, had been missing since she and her family accidentally went over the Duke Energy dam while tubing at the Dan River on June 17. Rockingham County Emergency Services personnel and Swift Water Rescue Teams found and recovered Villano s body from the Dan River near the Draper Boat Landing.Her rescue comes weeks after four other members of Villano s family were found dead as a result of the accident. The bodies of other family members, including two children, were recovered in June. Four family members were rescued. Say a prayer for these families because they lost somebody. It s very tragic. And pray for our first responders, Sam Page, the Rockingham County sheriff, said days after the accident. Authorities said nine peo
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Ruben Villano is embraced at the prayer vigil for victims of the
June 16 Dan River tubing accident in Eden. Villano was in the group
of nine tubers floating down the river that went over a dam. Four
people, including Villano, were rescued from the water the next
day. Four bodies were recovered and one person remains missing.
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Elias Meadows, 4, holds a candle at the prayer vigil Saturday
for the victims of the June 16 Dan River tubing accident in
Eden.
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Greensboro News & Record Angelica Villano thanks everyone for
A wife and aunt, gone. A young dad, gone. An adored nephew, gone. A beloved teenage daughter, gone. Meanwhile, a sister who is an expectant mother is still missing.
After more than a week of searching with the help of the state Highway Patrol and water rescue teams from neighboring counties, Rockingham County Emergency Services Director Rodney Cates said Friday, âOur search efforts are scaled back to county resources at this time.â
Last Monday, the patrol sent a helicopter to Rockingham to assist in the recovery mission. On Wednesday, Cates and other officials worked with a private canine handler from Raleigh to search the Dan for Teresa Villano, Cates said.