A girl made it safely to shore. The woman who saved her did not

🚨A woman disappeared after rescuing a young girl from the Delaware River

🚨First responders founed her body Tuesday near Amico Island Park in Delran

🚨The search became a recovery effort using drones with sonar and thermal tech

DELRAN — First responders have recovered the body of a woman who rescued a young girl from the Delaware River but sacrificed her own life.

The woman went into the water at Amico Island Park, a county park in Delran, just before 4 p.m. to help a girl she saw struggling in the water near Rancocas Creek. The woman, identified by the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office as Priscila Alvares Pereira Dos Santos of Delran, was able to push the girl towards the shore where bystanders pulled her to safety but then went under the water and did not resurface.

Her body was recovered Tuesday morning around 8:15 a.m. about 20 feet of a beach in the park. The identity of the girl and her relationship to Dos Santos were not disclosed. Swimming is not allowed at the park, according to the county.

The circumstances of Dos Santos' death are not considered suspicious.

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Search resumes at Delran park

Drones with sonar and thermal capabilities were launched along with workers in the water as the search became a recovery effort on Tuesday morning . Kevin Peak, deputy chief of the Delran Fire Department, told CBS Philadelphia that river current is strong, like ocean rip currents and can easily pull someone under.

"If you're not a strong swimmer or a good swimmer you're not going to fare very well," Peak said.

Delran Township extended its condolences to Dos Santos' famiily and thanked first responders and agencies "who worked tirelessly throughout the search and recovery effort."

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