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      ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The body of a second sewer worker who was
caught beneath the city's streets during a heavy rain was recovered
from the Mississippi River on Saturday, authorities said.

      The body of Joe Harlow, 34, of Plainview, was found around 4:15
p.m. near a spillway where a storm sewer line drains into the
river, Ramsey County Sheriff's Cmdr. Joe Paget said. On Friday
evening, recovery crews found the body of Dave Yasis, 23, of
Maplewood in the river near the same spot.

      Harlow and Yasis, along with six others, were working on a sewer
restoration project Thursday when a storm swept through the Twin
Cities area. They were about 150 feet below ground when they were
told to evacuate. Six workers made it out safely; two were lifted
out in a bucket by a crane while the rest moved to another exit
point with a staircase and climbed out.

      According to the National Weather Service, about .44 inches of
rain fell in St. Paul in about 30 minutes.

      At 8 a.m. Saturday, crews from the Ramsey County Water Patrol,
St. Paul Fire Department, Lametti & Sons construction firm - which
employed the men - and Upper River Services began searching an area
near the spillway.

      Harlow's body was found just 15 yards from where Yasis was
found. Harlow was married with four children.

      Paget said he hoped the discovery "helps this family put
closure to a tragic incident."

      Meanwhile, state investigators have started to look into what
caused the tragedy.

      Investigators from Minnesota's Occupational Safety and Health
Division were checking the training and evacuation procedures of
Lametti & Sons, which is based in Hugo.


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The body of a second sewer worker who was
caught beneath the city's streets during a heavy rain was recovered
from the Mississippi River on Saturday, authorities said.

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