MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Crews in northwestern Minnesota searched the fast-moving Red River Friday for a missing college student.
Fanuel Asrat, 24, vanished while swimming with friends in the river early Thursday morning.
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Firefighters from Fargo went out in boats near a dam looking for any sign of him.
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Asrat is a student at Minnesota State University Moorhead.
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