Former MLB prospect dies saving swimmers caught in rip current
NBC News·2025-07-18 17:37
Police tell me there have been five drownings here in the last 26 months, including Anderson Chase Childress, who died a hero rescuing multiple people from a rip current. Chase was a 38-year-old husband, father of three, and former police officer, vacationing on Paulie's Island, a place he and his family visited multiple times a year when another family got caught in a rip current. His first responder instincts kicked in and he went to the water to save people.I spoke with Chase's family who told me a woman ...