ASSOCIATED PRESS • August 21, 2023
A man died over the weekend while rescuing relatives from a New Hampshire river in the second such death in the state less than a week. A mother and a child became stuck around midday Sunday in a fast stretch of the Swift River in Albany, New Hampshire. The father, Vincent Parr, 37, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, went in to help and also got caught in the current. The mother and child reached shore safely, but bystanders had to bring Parr to the riverbank. He was pronounced dead after lifesaving efforts at the scene. Melissa Bagley, of Lynn, Massachusetts, drowned Tuesday while trying to rescue her 10-year-old son, who had fallen into a swift current while visiting Franconia Falls.