NEW MILFORD, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut man has died after trying to save his 6-year-old son and another child who were having trouble swimming in a lake on Labor Day.
Victor Garcia, of Norwalk, was pronounced dead at a hospital after the 26-year-old was pulled from the waters at the Candlewood Shores beach in New Milford late Monday afternoon.
Hearst Connecticut Media reports Garcia's son and a 10-year-old girl were brought to shore by others and were not seriously injured, while Garcia was pulled from the water by another family member.
Garcia's cause of death was not immediately clear.
The chief medical examiner's office will be performing an autopsy.
