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(AMESBURY, Mass.) — A kayaker likely found the body of a 6-year-old boy who went missing after his mother drowned while trying to rescue him and his sister from a Massachusetts river, authorities said. The child disappeared into the Merrimack River Thursday evening while fishing […]
Mason DeChhat was swept away while trying to look for something in the fast-flowing river when the family had gone to the Merrimack River in Amesbury
Mason DeChhat, six, was tragically swept away Merrimack River in Amesbury, Massachusetts on June 9, and his body was found by a kayaker in the river on Sunday.
It had been nearly 72 hours since the boy disappeared in the river and his mother died as a result of trying to rescue him.
Courtesy Massachusetts State Police/Twitter(AMESBURY, Mass.) -- A 6-year-old boy remains missing days after his mother drowned while trying to rescue him and his sister from a Massachusetts river. The child disappeared into the Merrimack River Thursday evening while with his family, who were fishing and swimming on Deer Island, a recreational area near the Amesbury and Newburyport border, police said. The search for the boy -- identified by Massachusetts State Police as Mas DeChhat of Lowell -- resumed Saturday morning. Divers and boat operators with the state police continued to search the r...