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A 2-year-old boy was in critical condition after reports say he was found in a backyard pool in an Upper Valley neighborhood outside El Paso, Texas last month. The toddler was hospitalized in critical condition after he was discovered in a backyard pool in a gated community on Vereda del Valle Avenue, a police spokesman reportedly said.   Reports say the boy was playing outside with his 8-year-old brother when the older brother left the area. About ten minutes later,…

A 38-year-old Indian man died after rescuing three youths who were swept away by high currents at the Galjibag, Panaji seashore, reports say.   Thomas Fernandes, a Catholic priest, was leading a group of parishioners from West Indian Nuvem village on a picnic on the beach. Reportedly, a group of youngsters had ventured into the sea and were dragged into the surf by the current. The priest initially ran for help when the boys cried out in distress. Without apparent…

Fifteen-year-old Ron Edmonds, of Franklin, MN  was remembered at a vigil Sunday, the day after he drowned in a private lake in a Franklin neighborhood. The popular middle school student was reportedly swimming with friends when he drowned. Edmonds mother, Lisa Allen, publicly let the two friends Ron was swimming with that she doesn’t blame them for his death, and they shouldn’t blame themselves. She said there was nothing else they could do to save him. Family members say they…

Mill Spring, NC father and son drowned in a North Carolina lake after they jumped in to try and save a young child in their care from  drowning last month. Reports say 48-year-old William Butch Jackson and 21-year-old William Butch Jackson Jr. were fishing from their small boat on Lake Adger when the elder Jackson’s young daughter fell in the water. Reports say the father and his adult son jumped in to rescue the girl, but the pair never surfaced….

Electrical shock is being investigated as a factor in the  drowning of a Bridgeport teenager at Stonewall Jackson Lake, West Virginia, reports say. Michael Cunningham, 15, was pulled from Stonewall Lake last month after he and three other youths were swimming behind a boat docked at the lake’s marina. The victim had reportedly left the water and was standing on the back of the boat watching the other two swim, reports say. The other two swimmers approached the ladder, with…