Former pro baseball player and police officer Chase Childers, 38, died saving five people from a rip current during a family vacation in South Carolina. Childers, a former Baltimore Orioles player, selflessly entered the water to assist the struggling family, but tragically drowned. Authorities recovered his body 90 minutes later. A GoFundMe page established for his family has raised over $160,000, highlighting his heroism and the profound loss felt by his wife and three children.

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