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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Harry Cockburn

The final words of heroic Navy sailor who died saving the lives of two swimmers are revealed

A US Navy sailor has drowned while rescuing his children from large waves and strong currents at a beach in Hawaii.

Master-at-Arms 1st Class Jeffrey Diaz, 47, who was assigned to the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands on Kauai, Hawaii, died Saturday, just one day before his 48th birthday.

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