A Good Samaritan paid the ultimate price while saving two children from drowning in South Jersey.

Authorities in Atlantic County say 49-year-old Pablo Hernandez Cruz noticed two boys, ages 8 and 12, struggling in the Great Egg Harbor River yesterday and jumped in to rescue them. He went under water right after saving the kids.

Others pulled him out. He was rushed to the hospital and later pronounced dead.

(Photo credit: NBC10)

A Good Samaritan paid the ultimate price while saving two children from drowning in South Jersey.
Authorities in Atlantic County say 49-year-old Pablo Hernandez Cruz noticed two boys, ages 8 and 12, struggling in the Great Egg Harbor River yesterday and jumped in to rescue them. He went under water right after saving the kids.
Others pulled him out. He was rushed to the hospital and later pronounced dead.
(Photo credit: NBC10)

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