Body of 6-Year-Old Boy Found in Mass. River After Mom Died Trying to Save Him During Family Trip
Photo: Courtesy Newburyport Firefighter Michael Kent Massachusetts officials say the body of a 6-year-old boy who went missing while fishing with his family in the Merrimack River on Thursday has been found. The Newburyport Fire Department, which also confirmed the recovery in astatementreleased Sunday afternoon, said that Mas “had been missing since he entered the water during his family’s recreational visit to Deer Island on Thursday, June 12.““His mother, Boua DeChhat, 29, valiantly tried to save him and lost her life in doing so,” they wrote....