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Rodney Varnado dies while saving his grandson in boating accident in Indian Village, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana

Date:

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Area:

New Orleans, LA

Rodney Varnado, of Bogalusa, was driving a 12-foot flat boat with five other people, three of whom were his grandsons, when the boat began taking on water and one of Varnado’s grandsons went overboard, officials said. Varnado jumped in the water and was able to return the boy to the boat, but then the boat's rocking caused the other passengers to fall overboard. The passengers made it ashore, then realized that Varnado was missing, and his body was discovered underwater after about five to 10 minutes.