Sacramento Metro Fire shifted Sunday afternoon from a search and rescue mission to a recovery operation for a man who fell off a raft in the San Juan Rapids, on the lower American River in Rancho Cordova.

Crews were called to the rapids at around 11:20 a.m. Sunday for a water rescue. An adult male, wearing a life vest, was rafting with his family before he fell off the boat.

While the life vest resurfaced, the man never did.

The search for the missing man, which involved two boats, a helicopter and on-the-shore crews, lasted nearly two hours before it was suspended, said Sacramento Metro Fire Captain Michelle Eidam. Crews then began a recovery operation for the man’s body. The search was still under way this afternoon.

Eidam said other family members in the raft did not suffer any injuries.