METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY

Karl F. Dean Stephen Halford OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Mayor Acting Director 2060 15TH AVENUE SOUTH
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37212

Contact: EOC Media Desk

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 12, 2010 (615) 862-8540

METRO SEARCH TEAM RECOVERS FLOOD VICTIM NEAR MILL CREEK

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A Metro Search and Recovery Team in the Mill Creek area today
discovered the body of a man presumed to be Daniel Brown, 18, who went missing while
attempting to float an intertube down a flooded Mill Creek on Sunday night.

The victim was found in a remote area of Mill Creek inaccessible due to flood waters until
Monday. Teams have been performing an intensive search, which included the private farm
property off Massman Drive since that time, which is a heavily eroded area covered in trees and
brush. An off-duty Nashville Fire Department Captain, volunteering his time to the search
efforts, located the victim at 11:40 a.m. Firefighters brought the victim out of the creek area by
rappelling up a 30-foot bluff.

Representatives from the following agencies and volunteer groups have assisted in searching the
areas of both Mill Creek and the Harpeth River by foot, land and air since Sunday, May 2:

USAR Teams from NFD, MNPD, OEM

NFD Swift Water Rescue Team & Water Rescue Teams (boats)
NFD Command Officers (Assistant & District Chiefs)
NFD Fire Companies
NFD ATV’s
OEM Water Rescue Teams (boats and Sonar equipment)
NFD and OEM Divers
MNPD Helicopter
32 MNPD Trainees
6-10 Human Remains Dogs
Metro Water Services and Metro Planning Department (maps)
Box 55 and Red Cross (food & water)
Numerous Civilian Volunteers

Search and Recovery Teams from the Mill Creek operation will now join in the continued
search along the Harpeth River for another man missing from last week’s floods. Danny
Tomlinson, 39, was last seen inside a car on Saturday night on Newsome Station Road in
Bellevue. His car was later recovered.
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