Marvin Alexan Fernandez Chicas drowned in Lake Nockamixon last week as he was trying to save two children who were struggling in the water, writes David Propper for the New York Post.

The hero dad was spending the day fishing with his 3-year-old son Dylan and a few friends when he noticed two kids struggling in the water.

“They apparently got in some trouble in the water, he went in to help them,” said Haycock Township Fire Chief Harry Grim. “Unfortunately he can’t swim. The kids got out, he did not.”

Chicas first noticed that the two children were in trouble around 5 PM near Tohickon Creek in the cliffs area, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. He jumped into the water to help. His body was located after 10 divers scoured the area.

“He was a man who liked fishing and that day he [was] doing what he liked together with some friends and son,” wrote his family in an online fundraiser.

Funds gathered through the campaign will be used to send the body to his mother in Honduras and to assist his wife and son.

Read more about Marvin Alexan Fernandez Chicas in the New York Post.

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