The search for a missing 8-year-old child continued on Monday with calls for more volunteers. Ally Wilson fell into the Mississippi River nearly two weeks ago. The body of her sister, 14-year-old Brandy Wilson, was pulled from the river near the Domino Sugar factory in St. Bernard last week. Kevin Poole’s body was also pulled from a river near Crescent Park. Ally’s father, Allen Berry, is asking anyone willing to help find the river for his daughter to join the search. On-duty father, Allen Berry, said he still wonders where his 8-year-old daughter might be on the Mississippi River and crews are still searching. But even during that hectic search, he returned Friday to where Ally, his 14-year-old sister Brandy and 15-year-old friend Kevin Poole went missing two weeks ago – and peace has prevailed. take him. “I connect more with these kids when I’m on this river,” Berry said Friday near the site in Algiers, where three minors fell into the river on April 23. you can come here and talk to God.” He said he talked to God often. recently. That includes on Monday after search teams found Poole’s body in a river near New Orleans’ Bywater neighborhood. He did just that Thursday night when search teams found Brandy’s body near the Domino sugar mill in St. Bernard. “I come here every day to make sure no one goes down there,” he told WDSU. This week, Berry paid for – and placed – signs under the Crescent City Connection bridge. They urge people to stay away from the river, even if it’s just for fun. He doesn’t want any other kids to meet his fate. “It’s a new war, and a new fight begins today to save a life,” he said. “I have always been a man of God, but now I am closer to God, and now I am doing God’s work.” The father hopes to place similar signs on other sections of the river.
The search for a missing 8-year-old child continued on Monday with calls for more volunteers.
Ally Wilson fell into the Mississippi River nearly two weeks ago. The body of her sister, 14-year-old Brandy Wilson, was pulled from the river near the Domino Sugar factory in St. Bernard last week.
Kevin Poole’s body was also pulled from a river near Crescent Park.
Ally’s father, Allen Berry, is asking anyone willing to help find the river for his daughter to join the search.
Father on a mission
Allen Berry said he still wonders where his 8-year-old daughter might be on the Mississippi River and the crew are still searching. But even in the midst of that hectic search, he returned Friday to where Ally, his 14-year-old sister Brandy and 15-year-old friend Kevin Poole went missing two weeks ago – and peace has prevailed. take him.
“I connect more with these kids when I’m on this river,” Berry said Friday near the site in Algiers where three minors fell into the river on April 23. “Now, you can come here and talk to God.”
He said he’s been talking to God often lately. That includes on Monday after search teams found Poole’s body in a river near New Orleans’ Bywater neighborhood. He did just that Thursday night when search teams found Brandy’s body near the Domino sugar mill in St. Bernard.
He’s doing it again, as the United Cajun Navy and other volunteers continue to search for Ally.
Between prayers, this father is on the Algiers dike for a different reason.
“I come here every day to make sure nobody goes down there,” he told WDSU.
This week, Berry paid for – and placed – signs under the Crescent City Connection bridge. They urge people to stay away from the river, even if it’s just for fun. He didn’t want any other kids to meet the fate he did.
“It’s a new war, and a new fight begins today to save a life,” he said. “I’ve always been a man of God, but now I’m closer to God, and now I’m doing God’s work.”
The father hopes to place similar signs on other sections of the river.
