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Father drowns while saving his 3 kids from river

A 42-year-old father has drowned while saving the lives of his three children from suffering the same fate. A 42-year-old father has drowned while saving the lives of his three children from suffering the same fate. The Franklin Township Police Department in New Jersey received a call on Wednesday afternoon at approximately 2:13 p.m. to reports of a man struggling to stay afloat in the Millstone River while his three children stood on the shore. MORE: 'Horrific' early morning attack by 4 large dogs leaves man in his 70s dead in middle of the road When officers responded to the scene they found three children -- aged 13, 11 and 8-years-old -- out of the water while their father, a 42-year-old unnamed South River resident, was unable to be located in the river , according to a statement released by the Franklin Township Police Department. “According to witnesses, the children went into the water and quickly became distressed,” authorities said. “The victim went into the water ...

Sections of Balkan river become floating garbage dump

Tons of waste dumped in poorly regulated riverside landfills or directly into the waterways that flow across three countries end up accumulating in the Drina River in eastern Bosnia during wet weather VISEGRAD, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- Tons of waste dumped in poorly regulated river side landfills or directly into the waterways that flow across three countries end up accumulating behind a trash barrier in the Drina River in eastern Bosnia during the wet weather of winter and early spring. This week, the barrier once again became the outer edge of a massive floating waste dump crammed with plastic bottles, rusty barrels, used tires, household appliances, driftwood and other garbage picked up by the river from its tributaries. The river fencing installed by a Bosnian hydroelectric plant, a few kilometers upstream from its dam near Visegrad, has turned the city into an unwilling regional waste site, local environmental activists complain. Heavy rain and unseasonably warm weather over the past...