Bristol County 20-year-old who died in drowning remembered as exceptional young man who was becoming a Marine

A Bristol County man who had been identified as the deceased in a recent drowning involving a canoe is being remembered.

At just after 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Stoughton Police and Fire departments responded for a report of a boater in distress in the water at Ames Pond on Highland Street, according to Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey, Stoughton Police Chief Donna McNamara and Stoughton Fire Chief Michael Carroll.

A search was conducted for the person with the help of mutual aid partners from surrounding towns and the Massachusetts State Police Dive Team. The MSP Dive Team located 20-year-old Anderson Teixeira Goncalves of Taunton about 1 ½ hours later…

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