Police: Body Found In D.C.'s Tidal Basin

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- A body was pulled from the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. during the Cherry Blossom Festival.

Police received a call shortly after 2 p.m. Saturday that a body appeared to be floating in the water.

Update person in water at Tidal Basin. 1 victim recovered from water. Further inquiries should go to @usparkpolicepio. pic.twitter.com/YGbJjgSZVD
— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) March 31, 2018

Neither the cause of death nor the victim's identity has been released.

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