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Father of three drowns while saving children from rip current during Florida vacation
NBC News· 2026-04-07 02:23
Ryan Jennings was a father, a husband, and a hero who gave his life to save his children. >> Cuz he was like my real life hero. Like just as he was for everybody else.So of course, like that's the way that he dies. >> The Jennings were on vacation in Palm Beach County when police say Ryan saw his 12-year-old son, Jax, a 9-year-old daughter, Charlie, struggling in the water. Without hesitation, the father of three dove in.He was holding up Charlie, but he was holding up Charlie, so he was ingesting a ton of ...
Lifeguard reveals new details about effort to rescue ‘Cosby Show’ star from drowning
NBC News· 2025-07-22 23:38
Rican beach where officials say a dangerous rip current swept away Malcolm Jamal Warner. The Cosby Showst star drowning in secluded paradise on Sunday. What makes that beach so treacherous.You know, it it's similar to other beaches where there are strong rip currents that are deceiving. Mike Gist helps run a volunteer lifeguard organization here. He says while no lifeguards were on duty that day, Gist's friend, who happens to be a trained lifeguard, was there to surf and discovered Warner unresponsive in th ...
Former MLB prospect Chase Childers dies while saving swimmers caught in South Carolina rip current
NBC News· 2025-07-18 20:23
Chase was a 38-year-old husband, father of three, and former police officer, vacationing on Pauliey's Island, a place he and his family visited multiple times a year when another family got caught in a rip current. The woman asked him for help rescuing the distressed swimmers. Without hesitation, he ran into the water where he and one other man were able to save them.But when Chase's wife saw the family of five and the man come back to the shore without her husband, fire rescue was dispatched to the ocean w ...
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 ...