Massachusetts father, veteran dies saving children from rip current in Florida [Video]

COMING UP IN A FEW MOMENTS. BEN. MIKE. THANK YOU. A FATHER AND AN ARMY VETERAN FROM HALIFAX IS DEAD AFTER TRYING TO SAVE HIS SON AND HIS NIECE WHILE ON VACATION IN FLORIDA. THE FAMILY OF JOSHUA CURTIS SAYS HE DROWNED LAST WEEK WHILE TRYING TO PULL THE KIDS FROM A RIP CURRENT OFF AMELIA ISLAND IN NORTHERN FLORIDA. BOTH CHILDREN SURVIVED. CURTIS SERVED IN BOTH IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, RECEIVING THE PURPLE HEART FOR HIS HEROISM. HE ALSO LEAVES BEHIND HIS WIFE. HE WAS THE MOST WONDERFUL FATHER. THE BEST MOVIE YOU’VE EVER WATCHED OF THAT BEST FATHER TIMES 10 MILLION. CURTIS’S DEATH CAME JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER A TEENAGER DROWNED IN