Yuma border agents rescue father and 2-year-old from canal Monday A father and his two-year-old were saved from drowning in the Salinity Canal just southwest of Yuma, Monday, March 1. (Source: Yuma Border Patrol) By KOLD News 13 Staff | March 3, 2021 at 9:55 PM MST - Updated March 4 at 5:39 AM TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - On Monday, March 1, a Yuma Sector border agent courageously put his life in danger to save a father and his two-year-old child from a canal near the U.S./Mexican border. According to reports, the father strapped his child to his back in an effort to illegally cross the Salinity Canal, southwest of Yuma.