SAN JACINTO COUNTY, Texas — Texas Game Wardens recovered the body of a man from the Trinity River south of Lake Livingston Dam on Tuesday afternoon, three days after he disappeared while trying to rescue two teenage boys from an overturned kayak.

It all started Sunday, Nov. 9, when two teenagers, ages 14 and 15, were kayaking on the Trinity River when their kayak capsized. William Poff, 53, of Camilla, the father of one of the teens, got in the water to rescue them but went underwater and did not resurface.

Texas Game Wardens from Polk County recovered the two boys Sunday evening. The search for Poff continued over multiple days.

San Jacinto County Sheriff Sam Houston called the incident “an unimaginable tragedy.”

The search included game wardens from San Jacinto and Polk counties, mem

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