Authorities in Newburyport, Massachusetts, continued searching for a missing person in the Merrimack River Thursday, but did not find him. The search, which Newburyport police say is now a recovery mission, was suspended and will resume Friday.

The U.S. Coast Guard said it received a notification at 7:57 a.m. Wednesday that a person was in the water off the coast of Newburyport. They said the person's boat was tied up at a dock when it got loose, and the person entered the water in an attempt to recover it.

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Newburyport police said the missing person is a man working for Northeast Work and Safety Boats. Investigators believe he was scheduled to conduct an inspection of Chain Bridge using a safety boat. Authoritie

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