Teen boy drowns while saving four young children from powerful currents – his family reveals his legacy

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The next day, Shivy shared a message that read, “I never would have imagined waking up to RIP posts with my child’s picture attached to them.” He captioned the post, “Our baby.” Bryce died from cardiac arrest. “The selflessness that it takes for someone to make such a sacrifice, to do so at only the age of 16, we’re so proud as parents how our son has shown up in this moment,” Shivy Brooks said… “Let it be amplified that Atlanta developed kids that would give up their life for others that they didn’t even know.”

Over the past years, Shivy’s social media has been filled with tearful heavenly birthday wishes, a first day of school, Father’s Day thoughts to other dads “that can’t hug their babies,” and an April 8 clip where he’s about to break his “younger son’s heart by telling him his big brother won’t be coming home.”

And though nothing can take away the shattering heartbreak, Bryce’s dad is extremely proud of his son, whom he called his “baby boy.” “Bryce is a hero. He literally saved the lives of four kids at the expense of his own,” Shivy shared. “We’re never gonna get to see Bryce grow up to be the full man he was going to be. But we know that he stepped into his manhood to save these children and that makes me proud.”

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