Two women enjoying a Memorial Day on the water are missing after they knocked off their floatation devices and were swept up in the roiling current under low dam sometimes referred to as a 'drowning machine.'Rescue workers, family and friends are desperately searching for Laura E. Winstead, 23, a college student and Sara Erway, 28, of Chester County, after they went missing on Monday in the James River, in Richmond.The women were with about dozen other people floating down the river on paddle board, kayaks and inflatable devices when they went over the 12-foot Bosher's dam, which was overflowing because heavy rains had raised to river to dangerous levels, according to Henrico County police.
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