Family of teenager missing after East River disappearance says Instagram dare may have been a factor
The family of a 13-year-old boy who was still missing Monday after disappearing last Friday into the East River urged parents to talk to their children about the dangers of peer pressure on social media, saying a dare circulating on Instagram might have led the boy to jump into the river.
Brown went missing around 4 p.m. Friday, and witnesses said he entered the river from East River Park, near East 6th Street, but never came back ashore, according to police. The NYPDOn Sunday, Godfrey watched somberly as NYPD scuba divers continued to scour the dark waters.Godfrey said her grandchildren told her about the dare posted on Instagram, though she was not able to see it for herself because she lacks an account on the platform.
“He was a kid that's never without his family,” Godfrey added. “He always was with his parents, from school to home.”and heavy boat traffic, experts say. Dan Shapely, a senior director at Ossining, New York-based environmental organization Riverkeeper, said swimming in the river can be dangerous due to those factors as well as hardened and walled-off shorelines that make exiting the water difficult.
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