Triple Funeral

Triple Funeral?  Whenever I find a family with the same death dates I wonder what happened.  Car accident?  Illness?  Murder? 

This time it was drowning.  I don't know how the mother, age 30, and the baby daughter, 8 months, ended up in the irrigation ditch near the baby's uncle's house.  The baby's father screamed for help and his brother came to the family's aid straight from his bed in his underwear even though he couldn't swim.  He jumped in and was swept away along with his sister-in-law and niece.  He left behind a wife and 6 small children.

The uncle was called a hero in the newspaper. 

I assume the daddy/husband couldn't swim either which would explain why he didn't jump in.   The daddy/husband eventually remarried, but it doesn't appear that he had more children.  He had step-children.  I wonder about his state of mind afterwards.  Did he feel guilty the rest of his life?  I think it would be tough to live with the fact that my brother gave his life trying to save my family while I stood on the bank.  However, if you knew you couldn't swim (assumption based on report brother couldn't swim) you probably would feel like you couldn't do them any good other than to try to get help.  It would be a tough situation.