Former Cobb officer drowns while saving family of 5 from rip current

A Georgia father of three who vowed to serve his community gave his life rescuing several people over the weekend.

Anderson “Chase” Childers, 38, from Dallas was pulled from the ocean on Sunday in Pawley’s Island, S.C., the city’s police chief confirmed to WPDE.

Police say Childers ran into the water to help five people who had been caught in a rip current. They say he rescued all five, but got caught in the rip current himself and died…

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