Ariz. dad drowns trying to save 5-year-old son

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By WSBT News1

Story Created: May 26, 2009 at 7:35 AM EST

Story Updated: May 26, 2009 at 7:35 AM EST

PHOENIX (AP) — Police say a father trying to save his 5-year-old son's life has drowned in a river northeast of Phoenix.

Maricopa County sheriff's Deputy Lindsey Smith said the boy fell off an inflatable dolphin toy in the Salt River on Sunday evening.

Joseph Gutierrez of Chandler jumped into the 17-foot-deep water to rescue his son, as did two bystanders who had been watching people float on inflatable tubes down the river.

The bystanders saved the boy, but Gutierrez drowned.

Smith calls the bystanders "true heroes" but declined to identify them.

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Information from: The Arizona Republic, http://www.azcentral.com

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