Father drowns while trying to save his two children
On Sunday, June 15, Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue received 911 calls around 7:20 p.m. local time reporting that there was a drowning at a Fort Lauderdale beach.
Although the ocean rescue team went off duty at 7 p.m., officials rushed to the scene once they were aware of the situation.
Antwon Wilson, 33, "went into the water after two of his children appeared to be in distress," a Fort Lauderdale police spokeswoman tells PEOPLE.
His daughter was "struggling in the water," the spokeswoman says.
Another man, Eslam Saad, also went into the ocean to help the children but became "overwhelmed" and was pulled underwater before he was able to self-rescue, CBS News Miami reports.
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