A father and his 8-year-old son were swept away by a strong current while swimming in Arizona’s Salt River — and were saved thanks to quick-thinking paddleboarders and first responders.
On Thursday, Oct. 16, a woman called 911 after losing sight of her husband and their son, who has autism and is nonverbal, while the family was near Sheep’s Crossing, about 20 miles northeast of Mesa, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office said in a video posted on social media.
The woman told dispatchers she could hear them screaming for help from the river reeds. Neither the man nor the boy was wearing a life jacket…