JOAQUIN COUNTY, WE’RE FOLLOWING MULTIPLE DEVELOPMENTS, BUT WE BEGIN WITH A HEARTBREAKING UPDATE OUT OF AUBURN. THE BODIES OF TWO MEN HAVE BEEN RECOVERED FROM THE AMERICAN RIVER. THE PLACER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE BELIEVES THEY MIGHT BE THE TWO MEN WHO WERE REPORTEDLY SWEPT AWAY ON SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS AFTER WHAT DEPUTIES DESCRIBE AS EXTREME CONDITIONS IN THEIR ATTEMPTS TO RESCUE THEM. KCRA 3’S MARICELA DE LA CRUZ WAS OUT THERE THIS MORNING AS THOSE RECOVERY EFFORTS CONTINUE. SO MARICELA, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED? YEAH, WELL, THE TWO BODIES WERE RECOVERED JUST BEFORE NOON TODAY IN THE AMERICAN RIVER, AND WE WERE OUT THERE IN THE AREA. CREWS WERE OUT SEARCHING THIS MORNING AND IT WAS A PRETTY ACTIVE SCENE. NOW, WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT A GROUP OF FRIENDS WERE OUT IN THE OREGON BAR AREA ON SATURDAY. THAT’S JUST ABOUT AN EIGHT MINUTE DRIVE SOUTH OF US, AND WE KNOW THAT THE 220 YEAR OLD MEN WENT INTO THE WATER. THEY CROSSED THE RIVER, AND AS THEY WERE TRYING TO MAKE THEIR WAY BACK, ONE OF THOSE MEN WAS SWEPT AWAY IN THE RIVER. THE OTHER FRIEND TRIED TO HELP, BUT UNFORTUNATELY NEITHER OF THEM RESURFACED. WE KNOW THAT THE OTHER FRIEND, THE ONE WHO STAYED ON THE SHORE, THAT’S WHO CONTACTED THE PLACER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. HE REPORTED THAT ALL OF THIS HAPPENED AT AROUND 9:00, AND ON SATURDAY, PLACER COUNTY COUNTY’S DIVE TEAM ALSO RESPONDED TO THE SCENE ON SATURDAY EVENING. BUT THEY WERE ONLY ABLE TO SEARCH THE SHORE DUE TO THE NIGHT CONDITIONS. THE SEARCH IN THE WATER DID RESUME ON SUNDAY, BUT IT WASN’T UNTIL TODAY WHEN PROGRESS WAS ACTUALLY MADE. THEY WERE LOCATED IN A DIFFICULT TO REACH AREA WITH VERY FAST MOVING WATER, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A PULLEY SYSTEM THAT WOULD HOLD THE RESCUE BOATS STEADY, AND THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS, BOTH BODIES WERE WE WERE ABLE TO BE PULLED FROM THE AMERICAN RIVER, AND WE WERE TOLD THAT FAMILIES OF THE TWO MEN WERE OUT HERE, AS WELL AS THAT THIRD FRIEND FROM SATURDAY EVENING. THEY WERE ALL OUT HERE, AND THEY WERE ALSO GIVEN AN UPDATE ABOUT THE FINDINGS IN THE WATER. OBVIOUSLY, TAKING IT VERY HARD. FOR NOW, WE ARE LIVE