Jeff Ramsey, a 27-year-old father from Kerrville, Texas, died during deadly flash floods after heroically saving his children and fiancée from rising waters. In his final moments, Ramsey left harrowing voicemail messages for his children, expressing his love as floodwaters overtook his camper. His wife was found safe, and their puppy was rescued. Friends and family remember him for his bravery and selflessness. Separately, Anderson "Chase" Childers, a 38-year-old former Cobb County police officer, former professional baseball player, husband, and father of three from Georgia, drowned at Pawleys Island, South Carolina. Childers died after rescuing multiple swimmers, including a family of five, caught in a rip current. Authorities confirmed his first responder instincts led him to the water to save those in distress. Both men are being remembered for their courageous final acts of saving others at the cost of their own lives.
A Georgia father who died on South Carolina's Pawleys Island over the weekend had helped save multiple swimmers in distress from a rip current before drowning, authorities have confirmed. https://t.co/T5w7BZw7b2
Former Cobb County officer Chase Childers, 38, died after rescuing swimmers caught in a rip current at Pawleys Island, S.C. https://t.co/S4TNEaXTwk
'WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED': A former police officer gave his life in a final act of courage, drowning after heroically saving a family in distress off the South Carolina coast on Sunday: https://t.co/TJZgbDliVW