ASSOCIATED PRESS • August 17, 2023
Melissa Bagley, 44, was part of a family of six from Lynn, Massachusetts, visiting Franconia Falls in the White Mountain National Forest along with a friend Tuesday afternoon. She drowned trying to rescue her 10-year-old son as he was pulled by the current at the popular waterfall in New Hampshire. Two other children jumped in to help their brother and mother. They were able to get the child out of the water. An older son who jumped in to help became lodged in boulders and was rescued by his father.