This is both a story of heroics, and sadness:
A 40-year-old man drowned on Sunday night tying to rescue a six-year-old boy who fell into the Hudson River during a community cookout.
Several people, including Boyce Coleman, jumped into the river after spotting the boy, Stephan Jones, floundering in the water during a barbecue at JFK Marina in Yonkers shortly before 7pm.
Jones was quickly saved and brought to the shore, but Coleman struggled after helping the boy and was pulled under the surface.
Very brave of him, but pictures show he was a big man with little body fat. That sort of body sinks like a stone, and I’ve seen people in amazing shape get exhausted doing just basic swimming after a short period.
My heart goes out to the family, it was an amazing, and selfless act of bravery.
H/T Bob
