This content collected from Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News. Emergency crews have been searching the icy Potomac River for hours after a passenger plane and military helicopter crashed mid-air Wednesday night. First responders prepare for rescue and recovery operations like this one, according to Lieutenant Stephen Capuccio of the Cambridge Fire Department Dive Team. He said the divers sometimes perform rescues in a frozen Charles River. “The more complex and the longer duration, the more people come in. We work in shifts. We work together,” Capuccio said. Capuccio and his team have carried out countless rescues over the years. “After about 20 or 30 minutes, the physiological effects and your focus can start to shift, so we cycle through that way. Days like today, it would be closer to the 20-minute mark, I would say,” he said. For first responders in Washington, D.C., Capuccio said it’s not just the frigid 35-degree waters and ice, but also navigating the plane and he...
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