Gary Simard was found unresponsive in the water about 75 yards from the shore at Salisbury Beach and was taken to a hospital in Seabrook Beach, N.H., where he was pronounced dead.
SALISBURY — A Methuen father drowned Wednesday afternoon at Salisbury Beach after trying to save one of his children, according to the Essex County District Attorney s Office.
A Massachusetts family’s beach outing turned into tragedy when a father was swept by a rip tide and died after he jumped in the water to save his 12-year-old son.
Gary Simard was enjoying a day at Salisbury Beach in Massachusetts, with his family, when his son was pulled away by a rip current. He dived in the waters to save him but tragically lost his life