Brother Jumps into River to Save Sister Who Couldn’t Swim. They Both Died

NEED TO KNOW

Siblings Kayden and Joyclyn Grant drowned on July 31 in the Wabigoon River in Dryden, Ontario

Their stepmom said both children did not know how to swim

The children's family is now starting a campaign to get school-aged children prepared for swimming

A Canadian family is grieving after siblings drowned in a river last month.

According to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), two children — later identified as Kayden Grant, 15, and his sister Joyclyn Grant, 12 — were seen going into the Wabigoon River in Dryden, Ontario, on July 31, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), CTV News and Northwest Ontario News reported.

Emergency workers later found the pair drowned and pulled them from the river.

In an interview with CTV News, Heather Dodds, the children’s stepmo