UPDATE: One of the Australian victims of the White Island volcano eruption has been named as 43-year-old father Chris Cozad. 9News
Winona Langford, 17, is one of two people New Zealand police have been unable to find in the fortnight since the Whakaari blast.Their bodies are believed to have washed out to sea, and may never be recovered.Winona's parents, Kristine and Anthony, were both killed by the blast. Her brother remains in hospital.
Police divers prepare to search the waters near White Island off the coast of Whakatane, New Zealand, Saturday Dec. 14, 2019. A team of nine from the Police National Dive Squad resumed their search at early Saturday for a body seen in the water following Monday's volcanic eruptionThe death toll stands at 19, including Ms Langford and Mr Marshall-Inman.
Police Deputy Commissioner Mike Clement told media at the time police divers at one stage were "within metres" of recovering Mr Marshall-Inman's body. "The reality was the conditions of the ocean meant they could not get close," Deputy Commissioner Clement said.
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