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Anderson “Chase” Childers

Gender : Male

Age : 38

Race : White

Date : 07/13/2025

Location : Pawleys Island beach

City : Pawleys Island

County : Georgetown

State : South Carolina

Agency : Pawleys Island Police Department, Midway Fire Rescue, U.S. Coast Guard

Cause of Death : Drowned

Event : Drowned while saving others from rip current

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Anderson “Chase” Childers, a 38-year-old former Georgia police officer and minor league baseball player, drowned after entering the water at Pawleys Island to rescue a group of swimmers caught in a rip current. He and another man helped save five people from the current, but Childers was pulled under before he could exit the water. Emergency responders recovered his body approximately 90 minutes later. His death occurred in front of his wife and three children.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.foxnews.com/us/former-georgia-police-officer-dead-after-saving-5-beach-rip-current
https://apnews.com/article/chase-childers-drowns-rip-current-pawleys-island-726f3450cd3e0da591a540ddd9c3a90c
https://abcnews.go.com/US/father-drowns-saving-5-people-rip-current-south/story?id=110562950
https://www.wmbfnews.com/2025/07/14/former-cobb-county-police-officer-drowns-saving-family-pawleys-island
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/cobb-county/former-cobb-county-police-officer-dies-while-saving-others-rip-current/UBP5ZB6EFJHZ5OCBOU3MP6KNGA