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HERO: Champion NJ Swimmer Caring For Mom Battling MS Rescues Boy, 3, In Lake HERO: Champion NJ Swimmer Caring For Mom Battling MS Rescues Boy, 3, In Lake
Hero: Champion NJ Swimmer Caring For Mom Battling MS Rescues Boy, 3, In Lake Jenn Watson was in the kitchen listening to music when she heard her dogs Peanut and Georgia incessantly barking outside her North Jersey home on Easter Sunday. When the 22-year-old woman went out to see what was going on, Watson saw a dad frantically yelling for help, stranded on the middle of South Lake (Fayson Lake in Kinnelon), according to ABC7 and a GoFundMe launched for Watson. Turns out, the boat the two were fishing on overturned and began sinking, bringing the 4-year-old boy down, too. Without taking a second to think, Watson -- a champion swimmer since age 5 -- jumped into the w…

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