PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • July 9, 2023
A Hope man, Henry Brooks, 46, drowned Saturday while rescuing his daughters from drowning in Seven Tree Pond in Union. His daughters, who are 12 and 13 years old, were swimming when around 4:30 p.m. the girls fell into deeper water where the river enters the pond. Brooks jumped into the water to save them. His 27-year-old son grabbed a life jacket and followed him to help. The son was able to swim to his sisters and brought them back to safety, but when he looked back for their father, he couldn’t find him.