Dad Drowns Trying to Save 2 Daughters in Maine Pond: He ‘Heard Their Cries for Help’ and 'Jumped’

Dad Drowns Trying to Save 2 Daughters in Maine Pond. A father who jumped into a pond to rescue his two daughters drowned on Saturday, according to the Maine Warden Service. Henry Brooks, 46, of Hope, Maine, was on a family outing at Seven Tree Pond in Union watching his 12- and 13-year-old daughters swimming when one of his daughters slipped into the water where the pond meets the river,NBC Newsreported.

Dad Dyes Hair Blue to Support Son and Winds Up Raising $12.5K to Help Refugees and Immigrants

Photo: Matthew Green When Matthew Green’s son said he would only dye his hair blue if his dad joined in on the fun, the father didn’t realize he had the chance to help out countless other children. On Monday, Green tweeted that his son was encouraging him to make the drastic change. “Now I’m questioning this whole ‘parenting’ decision,” wrote Green, a cryptography professor at Johns Hopkins,CBS Newsreports. Soon, Green learned that many people wanted him to go through with the big switch — and they were willing to pay for it.

Dad Dying of ALS Devotes His Remaining Days to Fighting for Home Healthcare for Those in Need

But after numerous doctor visits, muscle and reflex tests and an MRI, the then-32-year-old Barkan soon found himself sitting in his neurologist’s office with his wife Rachael King and listening to what he describes as his “death sentence.” His physician informed Barkan that he had Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, orALS, a neurological disease that causes the progressive paralysis of the muscles responsible for chewing food, speaking and walking — eventually leading to respiratory failure, often within five years.

Dad Dying of Cancer Gets to See His Son Graduate 2 Hours Before His Last Breath

Photo: Lower Cape Fear HospiceA North Carolina father’s dying wish was to see his son graduate from high school — and it came true just two hours before his death on May 10.Travis Grimsley, 18, was set to graduate with the rest of his senior class in late May, but then a group of people stepped up so that Ronald Grimsley, 54, couldwatch his son accept his diploma.Ronald had been moved to Lower Cape Fear Hospice in Bolivia, North Carolina because doctors felt he only had a few days to live.

Dad Fends Off Mountain Lion with His Backpack After It Attacked Toddler During Family Walk

A father heroically saved his toddler from a mountain lion using nothing but what he had on his back — literally. During a family walk at the Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park in Orange County, California, on Monday, a mountain lion surprised a father and his three-year-old, attacking the toddler. The father reportedly threw a backpack at the mountain lion to distract it, and the animal dropped the toddler to pick up the backpack.