By Associated Press, Associated Press <\/p>\n
Sept. 2, 2012 <\/p>\n
Sheboygan - A 61-year-old Freedom man whose grandson had swum too far from shore has died after he entered the water to reach the 9-year-old. <\/p>\n
Police who responded Sunday afternoon found bystanders performing CPR on the man. <\/p>\n
Witnesses said the man's grandson had been swimming at North Beach but had gotten too far from shore. Other people at the beach helped him back to land. <\/p>\n
Moments later they noticed his grandfather hadn't returned to shore. They found him unresponsive in the water and pulled him to shore, where paramedics tried to revive him. <\/p>\n
He was pronounced dead at a hospital. His name has not been released. <\/p>\n
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