'It's terrible': Reaction from Netherton residents as a community came together in reservoir search for missing teenager
Residents shared their sorrow as a search operation was under way today to find a 16-year-old boy who went missing while swimming in a reservoir.
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Emergency services descended on the scene of Netherton Reservoir, near Dudley after receiving reports of a teenager getting into difficulty while swimming at around 6pm on Tuesday.
Specialist water teams from Nottinghamshire were seen entering the site to assist in the search for the missing 16-year-old, with a police search boat also on the scene to assist with the efforts.
Tragically, the body of a teenage boy was recovered from the water shortly before 11.30am today.
Before the discovery, residents spoke of their sorrow at the major search operation, saying that they "can't imagine what the family are going through".
Sarah Latham, 40, from Knowle Hill Road, said: "It's terrible. I really can't imagine what the family must be going through. I heard that they are at the reservoir now. It must be so hard for them.
"Obviously when the officers blocked off the road to the reservoir we knew something bad had happened. But we didn't realise that someone had gone missing. It's terrible."
