BEING HELD AT ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY JAIL ON $25-HUNDRED- DOLLARS BAIL. BREAKING THIS MORNING. THE MAINE WARDEN DIVE TEAM SAYS A HOPE MAN DROWNED WHILE RESCUING HIS CHILDREN. 46-YEAR-OLD HENRY BROOKS WAS AT AYER PARK IN UNION YESTERDAY-- WATCHING HIS 12 AND 13 YEAR OLD DAUGHTERS SWIMMING. OFFICIALS SAY ONE OF THE GIRLS FELL INTO THE DEEPER WATER WHERE THE RIVER ENTERS THE POND. THAT'S WHEN THE OTHER DAUGHTER TIRED TO RESCUE HER AND FELL INTO THE DEEPER WATER. BROOKS JUMPED INTO ACTION-- FOLLOWED BY HIS SON. OFFICIALS SAY THE SON WAS ABLE TO SWIM TO HIS SISTERS AND BRING THEM TO SAFETY BUT WHEN HE LOOKED BACK HE COULD NOT SEE HIS FATHER. BROOKS WAS FOUND BY RESCUE DIVERS A FEW HOUR
Man drowns trying to rescue 12- and 13-year-old daughters
Updated: 9:22 PM EDT Jul 9, 2023
The Maine Warden Dive Team says a man from Hope, Maine, drowned while trying to rescue his daughters.Officials say 46-year-old Henry Brooks was with his family on Saturday at Ayer Park in Union, which is in Knox County. Brooks was watching his 12- and 13-year-old daughters swimming in the water when one of the girls fell into the deeper water, where a river enters a pond. The other daughter tried to rescue her and fell into the deeper water, and they were both swept out by the currents of the even deeper portion of the pond.Officials say Brooks and his 27-year-old son tried to save the girls. Brooks' son was able to get his sisters to a nearby dock, but when he looked back for his father, he could not find him.Game Wardens, Union Fire and Rescue and the Knox County Sheriff's Office were called to help in the search. A dive team was able to find Brooks a few hours later, about 50 feet from shore, in 7 feet of water, not far from the dock where the girls were rescued.Brooks' daughters and son were brought to PenBay Medical Center for observation.
The Maine Warden Dive Team says a man from Hope, Maine, drowned while trying to rescue his daughters.
Officials say 46-year-old Henry Brooks was with his family on Saturday at Ayer Park in Union, which is in Knox County. Brooks was watching his 12- and 13-year-old daughters swimming in the water when one of the girls fell into the deeper water, where a river enters a pond. The other daughter tried to rescue her and fell into the deeper water, and they were both swept out by the currents of the even deeper portion of the pond.
Officials say Brooks and his 27-year-old son tried to save the girls. Brooks' son was able to get his sisters to a nearby dock, but when he looked back for his father, he could not find him.
Game Wardens, Union Fire and Rescue and the Knox County Sheriff's Office were called to help in the search. A dive team was able to find Brooks a few hours later, about 50 feet from shore, in 7 feet of water, not far from the dock where the girls were rescued.
Brooks' daughters and son were brought to PenBay Medical Center for observation.
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