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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Louise Whitbread

Heroic Massachusetts father drowns trying to save son from rip current

(YouTube/WCVB Channel 5 Boston)

A 44-year-old Massachusetts father of four has died after trying to save a son who had been pulled from shore by strong currents at a beach near the New Hampshire border.

Gary Simard, a finance manager from Methuen, was visiting Salisbury Beach on Wednesday with his family when his eldest child became caught in a rip current.

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