The former MLB prospect and police officer died heroically while saving a family from a rip current in South Carolina, leaving behind his wife and three young children.

Chase Childers, 38, drowned on South Carolina’s Pawleys Island while attempting to help 4-5 individuals who were in distress.

A former MLB prospect who became a South Carolina lawman died a hero after selflessly jumping into treacherous waters to save a family of five from a rip current — and was swept away in front of his wife and three children.

Chase Childers, a former professional baseball player, died while trying to save swimmers in South Carolina. He selflessly jumped into the dangerous rip current to rescue five family members drowning in the water.

A former police officer and ex-professional baseball player is being hailed as a hero after he drowned while saving swimmers from a rip current off the coast of South Carolina.

A Georgia community is in mourning after the passing of a former Baltimore Orioles prospect, who tragically died after he saved a family of five caught in a rip

Former Baltimore Orioles prospect Anderson 'Chase' Childers died after being swept away by a rip current as he was trying to save a family of five while they were on vacation