Giao Ngoc Chau died attempting to help save Jimmy Lam and Brandon B. and Trung D. Lam from drowning, Haleiwa, Hawaii, November 9, 1997. Jimmy, 9, and his cousins, Brandon, 13, and Trung, 16, brothers, were swimming in wadable water of a Pacific Ocean beach when a large wave broke over them and they were then pulled farther from shore into deeper water. Yelling for help, they attracted the attention of people on shore, including Chau, 24, bakery worker, who was fishing. Chau immediately entered the water and swam toward the boys but was pulled farther out from shore, beyond them. Another man who had entered the water pushed Jimmy toward shore, and Jimmy made his way to safety, as did the two other boys. Rescue personnel arrived and recovered Chau, who was submerged at a point about 150 feet from the beach. He had drowned.
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