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A 37-year-old Massachusetts man died while trying to rescue his wife and step-son from a fast-moving river in New Hampshire on Sunday afternoon.

Melissa Bagley was married to a lieutenant in the Everett Police Department. She died trying to save their 10-year-old son.

A family hiking trip in New Hampshire turned into a tragedy for a Massachusetts family on Tuesday, when a mother drowned trying to save one of her children, police say

State police said the woman was part of a private adult day care program and was at Pleasure Bay Beach with a group for a supervised trip.

A 3-year-old boy came close to drowning in a pool in Berkley, Massachusetts, on Sunday, but is expected to make a full recovery thanks in part to the quick actions of dispatchers and first responders. On Sunday, at approximately 4:45 p.m., firefighters and police officers responded to multiple 911 calls from a Pine Street residence. The reports from the Berkley…

Emergency rescue crews pulled the body of a father out from a New Jersey canal on Wednesday evening after responding to a distress call. Franklin Township officials said the 42-year-old South River man had gone into the Millstone River around 2:15 p.m. to help his children get out after becoming “distressed.” “The victim went into the water to help, pulled…

A New London teenager is missing after going swimming at a Rhode Island beach and the rescue mission is now a recovery mission. Authorities say that a family of 12 had gone swimming after hours at Dunes Park Beach Thursday night. Of the 12, a 15-year-old did not make it out of the water. “There’s a strong current around the…

A man who drowned this week while trying to rescue two young swimmers in Narragansett, Rhode Island, is being remembered as a selfless hero who had a heart of gold. Idmael Elmonus died Tuesday in the water at Scarborough State Beach after he rushed in to help a 17-year-old and 20-year-old who were struggling in the water, NBC affiliate WJAR…

A 94-year-old man pulled from an inlet Wednesday on Cape Cod was pronounced dead, according to officials. The incident happened in an inlet between Port Way and Starboard Way, which are connected by Surfside Road in Dennis, Massachusetts. Police and fire crews responded around 5:45 p.m., the Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office said. First responders pulled the victim,...

A man drowned this weekend while trying to rescue his daughters from a pond in Union, Maine, officials said. Henry Brooks, 46, of Hope, was at Seven Tree Pond on Saturday afternoon with his son and two daughters when the tragedy occurred, the Maine Warden Service said, according to NBC affiliate News Center Maine. Brooks was watching his 12- and…

A 20-year-old from Connecticut died on the Fourth of July while swimming in Bolton, Vermont, state police said. Troopers responded to the Bolton Potholes after receiving a call around 4:30 p.m. regarding an apparent drowning at the swimming area. Investigators say it appears Samuel Paprin, of Greenwich, had been caught in the rapids while swimming and became unresponsive. Paprin was…

A Connecticut man drowned while swimming in Bolton, Vermont on the Fourth of July, police said. Vermont State Police said they were notified of an apparent drowning that happened at approximately 4:30 p.m. Officers responded to Bolton Potholes and found a man who was caught in the rapids while swimming. The man was unresponsive and taken to a nearby hospital…

Authorities say they’ve recovered the bodies of two boaters, nearly two days after they went missing in an accident on a Florida lake near the Legoland theme park. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says the bodies of Orlando Ortiz and Jeffrey Marrero were located Monday in Lake Eloise. Officials say the two men jumped into the Winter Haven lake on...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said at a news conference that the two men had jumped into Lake Eloise to save a third person from their group.

18-year-old Finn Conner shared his story with NBC10 Boston on Saturday, one day after he jumped into action following the Celtics game he attended with his dad.

A missing hiker’s body was found Thursday in the Connecticut River, and New Hampshire officials are investigating it as a possible drowning. According to New Hampshire State Police, the hiker was reported missing around 11:30 a.m. Thursday to the police department in Norwich, Vermont. Authorities learned the hiker, who had been staying at a hostel near Route 5 and the…

A toddler drowned at a home’s swimming pool in Maine this weekend, officials said. The 2-year-old was found unresponsive at a swimming pool in Auburn Saturday, but the child died despite first responders’ efforts to keep them alive, according to the Auburn police and fire departments. Investigators believe the child drowned accidentally, but the death is under investigation by...

Two men drowned at Phelps Pond in West Greenwich, Rhode Island on Friday night. Police responded to reports of two swimmers who were unresponsive around 8:30 p.m. The two men were quickly found under about eight feet of water, WJAR reports. They were taken to nearby Kent Hospital where they were pronounced dead. Emergency crews rescued a third person who…

A 92-year-old man was pronounced dead after being pulled Wednesday afternoon from a New Hampshire lake. The New Hampshire State Police Marine Patrol said Wednesday evening that responders were called to Squam Lake in Sandwich around 4 p.m. for a possible drowning. Crews performed CPR on the man, identified as William Duryea of Exeter, but he was pronounced dead on…

A woman died after going into a New Hampshire river Thursday afternoon, authorities said Friday. New Hampshire State Police said its marine unit responded around 4 p.m. alongside local police and fire crews to Salmon Falls River in Rochester. The responders pulled the woman from the water and performed CPR. The woman, identified Friday as 40-year-old Doreen Allen of Rochester,…