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A 54-year-old father died keeping his 7-year-old son afloat after their kayak capsized at Lake Perris State Recreation Area on Saturday afternoon.

Rescuers performed CPR for 45 minutes; the child survived while the father was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Neither wore life jackets despite state law requiring them for children 12 and younger on moving vessels.

A 54-year-old man died while keeping his young son afloat after their kayak capsized in a state lake in Perris, the California Department of Parks and Recreation announced Sunday.

The father, who was not identified by the state agency, died while keeping his 7-year-old son above water during the tragedy, which unfolded Satu

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