Man drowns after saving two young boys: ‘His heart was pure gold’

SAN DIEGO (KSWB/KUSI) — Friends are remembering a man who drowned over the weekend after saving two young nephews of his girlfriend who became caught up in the river current during a weekend fishing trip.

San Diego native Jeff Brady, 51, was on the Colorado River near the Hidden Shores Resort in Yuma, Arizona, with his girlfriend Elen Ellis, his twin brother Greg, and their loved ones.

“They did it almost every weekend during the summer,” Joann Ripley, a longtime friend of Brady, said…

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