Rescuer dies in bid to save kids at beach in Miami

A tragedy unfolded on a Rickenbacker Causeway beach Sunday when two men jumped into the water to rescue a pair of young children.

The children were saved. Only one man survived.

Rescuers identified the man who later died as a 47-year-old visitor from Jacksonville who came to South Florida to celebrate his birthday.

"This man is a hero," Miami-Dade police spokesman Detective Roy Rutland said Sunday evening. "This man died while saving the life of a stranger."

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