A community in Indian Trail is mourning after a husband and father drowned off North Myrtle Beach earlier this month.
Channel 9 Reporter Eli Brand spoke with family members who said their loved one died like a hero.
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Flowers, family photos, gifts, and mementos are all reminders for JoAnn Boddie of her husband Michael.
Boddie described how two weeks ago, the family decided to travel to North Myrtle Beach for a quick getaway. She said they had a lot to celebrate because their twins were finishing fifth grade and their oldest daughter was graduating from high school.
Boddie went on to say that it was a sunny day on July 13 when they set up on the sand. However, a while later, she noticed their young sons struggling in the tide.
That is when her husband jumped into action to save them, but then the tide took him too.
“My husband kept telling the boys, ‘Jump! Jump!’ So, the lifeguard finally gets to them, and my husband pushes the boys to her, and the waves take him,” Boddie said.