The search is continuing on Thursday morning for a 6-year-old boy who fell from a boat ramp into the Housatonic River in Stratford on Wednesday afternoon.

Authorities said on Wednesday that their investigation is now a recovery mission.

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Police said the little boy was walking on the Birdseye Boat Ramp when he fell into the river around 1:30 p.m.

A United Illuminating employee jumped into the river to try to save him, but the child has not been found.

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Crews from Stratford, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Westport, Shelton, Trumbull, Guilford, Monroe, Connecticut State Police and the Coast Guard all responded and have been

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