PORT JERVIS – Tragedy occurred in Port Jervis just after 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon as a 39-year-old man drowned in a backyard pool on upper Sussex Street.
Port Jervis Police Sgt. Nicole McGowan was among emergency responders who arrived on scene within minutes of a call for help. McGowen told Mid-Hudson News that the victim and children had been invited to swim in the Sussex Street pool, but as the adult was retrieving life jackets from inside the house for the children. they entered the water without him.
The man immediately jumped in to assist the children out of the pool. Police said it is believed that the victim was not a strong swimmer himself but took immediate action to save the children. The children got out of the pool safely.
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