Heartbreak for Houston family as search ends for missing airman in Alaska river, FFD confirms

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — A weekend search ended in heartache for the family of a Houston airman.

Christian Diaz, 24, was reported missing on Friday night, June 27, after his kayak overturned on the Chena River in Fairbanks, Alaska.

According to the Fairbanks Fire Department, Diaz was an active-duty U.S. servicemember stationed at the Kunsan Air Base in Korea. He was in Fairbanks for training at Eielson Air Base…

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