Border Patrol agent killed while saving children from rip current at . . . The agent was identified as Eric Cespedes, who the U S Border Patrol in its statement said “tragically drowned while saving the lives of his children ” Cespedes was at the Island with his family on Friday when he “raced into the water” to pull his kids from what the agency described as a “strong rip current ”
Off-Duty BP agent dies at SPI saving his daughter - MSN According to witnesses, Agent Eric Cespedes, 37, of San Benito was near the first sandbar attempting to pull his child, who was caught in a strong rip current during a family trip at the beach
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