Child Drowning Deaths, Rescue: Here's What We Know

Mississippi Clarion Ledger, The Clarion-Ledger
Mon, 03/11/2019 - 12:57pm

First responders frantically tried to rescue the three children locked in the vehicle as it floated down Deer Creek

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