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A 24-year-old dad of three is dead after he tried to help friends after their boat capsized in a pond in Georgia on Aug. 24

After his boat flipped over, it took rescuers four hours to find his body

“He was always quick to share a song or a kind word,” his mom said

A 24-year-old father of three died late last month after he tried to help his friends when their boat flipped, causing his own vessel to capsize in a pond in Georgia, authorities and his family said.

Brandon Steele Jr. and three others were fishing in two boats on Aug. 24 on a private pond near Hamburg State Park when one of the boats began to tip, CBS affiliate WMAZ , FOX WGXA and NBC affiliate WMGT reported.

“The boat leaned a little bit too much and got water in it,” Washington County Sheriff Joel Coch

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