OREGON, Mo. - Alex Harris will be remembered as a hero after he drowned in a river moments after saving his 4-year-old brother, Asher.
Alex and his family took a trip last month to the Missouri River near Payne's Landing in Forest City, Missouri. The family told FOX Television Stations they took the trip just about every year.
On the afternoon of July 23, the family said Asher and his 6-year-old sister, Haisley, had been standing in the shallow portion of the water along with Alex. RELATED: 7-year-old hailed as hero for saving toddler from drowning"The sand sunk from below Asher and [he] was pulled into a current," their mother, Nikki, told FOX Television Stations. "Alex grabbed Asher to keep him." The teen tried to swim to keep himself and his brother from going underwater.
Alex Harris (Credit: Tyson Harris) Nikki said that allowed her time to go and grab Asher. However, when she grabbed the 4-year-old, she also got pulled away by the current.