I bet this guy was a vet...
Man, 70, dies while rescuing two boys
Kids, ages 9 and 12, were caught in rip current and rough water off Pompano Beach
By Sofia Santana | South Florida Sun-Sentinel
April 26, 2009
POMPANO BEACH - A 70-year-old man drowned in the ocean Saturday while rescuing two young boys who got caught in a rip current and rough surf off Pompano Beach, officials said.
Charles Schulze carried the two boys, ages 9 and 12, almost to shore in the 1200 block of South Ocean Boulevard.
At that point, onlookers jumped into the water, brought the boys onto the sand and checked them over to make sure they were all right.
The boys were fine. But when the beachgoers looked back at the water, they found Schulze floating face-down, Pompano Beach Fire Rescue spokeswoman Sandra King said.
Another man jumped into the water and pulled Schulze to shore. But despite the efforts of some beachgoers who performed CPR, the boys' rescuer was pronounced dead a short time later at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale Is your Fort Lauderdale restaurant clean? - Click Here..
Schulze lived in Pompano Beach and Washington, D.C., according to the Broward Sheriff's Office.
His girlfriend witnessed the entire incident, King said.
"He's a hero," King said. "He saved the lives of these two boys."
The man who pulled Schulze from the ocean swallowed some water during the attempted rescue, at about 1 p.m., and was taken to Imperial Point Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, King said.
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