Jonathan Michael Davis died helping to save Christian J. Davis from drowning, Cleveland, Ohio, August 25, 2013. While fishing from a pedestrian causeway, Christian, 9, fell 12 feet into an inlet off Lake Erie and floundered in the 15-foot-deep water. Despite his limited swimming ability, his father, Davis, 29, sales associate, immediately jumped into the water after him. Davis grasped Christian and, although a struggle ensued, supported him at the surface of the water. A woman who was on a break wall that extended into the lake at the scene entered the water and swam to them. She took Christian from Davis, after which Davis submerged, and swam him back to the break wall and safety. Christian required hospital treatment, and he recovered. Davis was shortly removed from the lake by responding firefighters, but he could not be revived, as he had drowned.
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