Man drowns after ‘selfless’ act to rescue mom and daughter

The Brief

  • Frank Young jumped into the Chattahoochee River to save a girl and her mother on July 2.
  • Young managed to save the mother and child, but was dragged down into the river.
  • Young’s son said he doesn’t doubt for a moment his father would do it all again.

ROSWELL, Ga. Loved ones of a man who died on the Chattahoochee River trying to help a mother and her young daughter who fell in say he died the way he lived: selflessly.

Frank Young, 59, died on July 2 after jumping into the Chattahoochee River to save a four-year-old and her mom.

His son spoke with FOX 5’s Rob DiRienzo.

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