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Lauren Harksen

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Father of 5 drowns trying to save his children from river

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By Lauren Harksen Verified
| WXIX-TV (Cincinnati, OH) Verified
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC/Gray News) - An Alabama father who drowned while trying to save his children is being remembered as a happy man who put family and faith first. Israel Manual Montecino-Navarro, 35, drowned Sunday afternoon while trying to save several of his children from the Cahaba River. Authorities say the children had become submerged in deep water while wading at the Cahaba Blue Way River Canoe Launch.
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