Florida mom dies saving her 4-year-old from river after toddler fell in trying to retrieve a toy

Nicole Grayson, a 43-year-old mother from DeLand, Florida, died Saturday after jumping into the St. Johns River to save her 4-year-old son, who fell into the water while trying to retrieve a toy - (GoFundMe)

Nicole Grayson, a 43-year-old Florida mother, died on Saturday after jumping into the St. Johns River to rescue her 4-year-old son, who slipped into the water while reaching for a toy, according to local officials.

“She was always there for you,” Grayson’s 17-year-old son Dafino Devega told local station WESH. “She would have did that for any of her kids, and we would have done the same for her.”