Boy saved sister as they struggled in New Jersey river before he died, mayor says0

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• August 2, 2026

PASSAIC, N.J. — One child has died and another is missing after the two 10-year-olds went into a rain-swollen river while playing in a park in Passaic, New Jersey, on Wednesday, authorities said. An 11-year-old survived. The local mayor says the girl’s life might have been saved by her brother, the 10-year-old who drowned. “As