Joshua Aaron Traylor died attempting to save Zerrich W. Richard from drowning, Mount Clemens, Michigan, April 9, 2017. Zerrich was standing on a dock on a bank of the Clinton River when he fell into the deep, 45-degree water and was carried away from the dock by a fast-moving current. Traylor, 24, construction worker, who was also on the dock, entered the river in an attempt to reach the boy but shortly began to struggle to stay afloat and submerged. As the boy also submerged, another man entered the water, grasped him, and brought him back to the surface. The man took the boy to a boardwalk that extended along the river’s bank and lifted him up to another person, who secured him. The man then pulled himself up out of the water. The boy was taken to a hospital for evaluation. Traylor was recovered from the river by rescue divers about an hour after he submerged but could not be revived. He had drowned. 89082-10015
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