A California man drowned at Lake Powell in Glen Canyon national recreation area on Thursday after jumping in the water to save his child who was struggling to stay afloat. The body of Phil Chiang of Palo Alto, California, was taken to the Utah state medical examiner's office for an autopsy. Two children went swimming without life jackets and the 49-year-old father jumped in to save one of them when the child began to struggle. Lake Powell, which sits on the Utah-Arizona border, is the second-largest reservoir in the United States. It's located in the Glen Canyon national recreation area, which encompasses more than 1.25 million acres.

Source: Fox News August 07, 2021 23:03 UTC