Volunteers have begun a new effort to find missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington in Charlottesville.

On Friday morning, they began combing the wooded areas around the Copeley Street Bridge where she was last seen.

The three-day search, led by a private organization that helps recover missing children, is working with the Harrington family.

Hundreds of volunteers were briefed before starting their search, with suggestions to look for clothing or jewelry Morgan could have been wearing.

Many of the volunteers not only knew her, but wanted to help try to find her.

A coworker of Morgan's, Rick Vari, says, "So we can cover all this area, and as long as we don't find her, then we've got a chance to find her some place else."

Morgan's parents, Dan and Gil Harrington, say they're hoping this search will be the one that brings their daughter home safely.

Dan says, "With the Laura Recovery Center coming in, they have expertise in this area and can help augment what the police are already doing to be able to help us look for other areas that would take more time without this kind of resource, and we're just so grateful it truly is overwhelming."

He adds that even if this search doesn't bring Morgan home he's not going to give up and he's asking the community to do the same.

Thirty-nine teams of searchers went out Friday, but nothing was found.

The search will resume Saturday at 9 a.m. and again Sunday at the same time.