PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Two boys died after a 15-year-old jumped into the Schuylkill River to help his 14-year-old friend who had trouble swimming, police said.
A third teen called for help Wednesday.
“One of the young boys jumped into the river had some difficulty swimming. The second boy jumped in to help his friend,” said Police Inspector Ray Evers.
Police recovered their bodies several hours later after the youngsters went to the river to cool off from the city’s heat and humidity .
Authorities have not released their names, but relatives at the scene said one of the boys was Quadir Beverly, 15, who was supposed to graduate from middle school on Thursday.
“He takes care of his brothers and sisters. He has one brother he’s really close to that’s blind and watches him, so he’s that type of person. So when he saw his best friend fall in, he would be the type that would jump in to try and save him, but unfortunately the current took them both,” his grandmother told WPVI-TV.
Police said the river’s strong currents can be dangerous for swimmers.
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