On Sunday, authorities found a body in Eagle Mountain Lake as they searched for the missing father whose two children were pulled from the water Saturday night. Friends of the victim said a family member confirmed it was 50-year-old Jimmy Chaikong.

"He was fiercely determined, always consistent, always positive… I'm so completely honored that he was my friend and that I got to be his and that I got to have him for a tiny, littler flicker in our lives," said Ryan Reynolds, a friend of Chaikong.

Reynolds said Chaikong was a musician and former MMA fighter, but his greatest joy was being a father.

"Everything that he did revolved around them," said Reynolds.

Tarrant Regional Water District said its officials found the body in the Southeast portion of the lake, where Chaikong was last se

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