THE COLORADO SPRINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT RECOVERED A BODY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM FOUNTAIN CREEK. A WITNESS SAID THEY SAW A MAN IN DOUGLAS CREEK BEING SWEPT AWAY BY HIGH WATERS. RESCUE TEAMS WITH THE COLORADO SPRINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT SEARCHED THE CREEK WHICH ENTERS INTO MONUMENT CREEK BUT COULDN’T FIND ANYTHING.THEY WERE HAMPERED BY THUNDERSTORMS. MONUMENT CREEK FLOWS IN FOUNTAIN CREEK. AS THE RAIN SUBSIDED AND WATER LEVELS DROPPED, THE BODY OF A MAN WAS FOUND IN FOUNTAIN CREEK AT GOOSE GOSSAGE PARK SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE SEARCH BEGAN. ALL WE KNOW IS THE VICTIM IS A MAN. NO IDENTITY WAS RELEASED.
