Father drowns while trying to save son who had fallen in lake, eyewitness reports

Sunday, August 18, 2019
GREENWOOD LAKE, New York (WABC) -- A father drowned while trying to save his toddler son who had fallen in a lake in Orange County, a witness told Eyewitness News.

Witnesses say there were about 10 children on a pontoon boat in Greenwood Lake when the accident happened.
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An off-duty NYPD officer was one of the Good Samaritans on the scene.

Divers will go out on Monday to try to find the father.
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The toddler is expected to be okay.

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