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‘I had no idea’ PA firefighter responds to his own son’s drowning

GALLITZIN TOWNSHIP, Pa. —  A 911 call came in for a water rescue, and firefighter Kevin Lee responded having no idea he knew the victim. Kevin says, ̶...

GALLITZIN TOWNSHIP, Pa. --  A 911 call came in for a water rescue, and firefighter Kevin Lee responded having no idea he knew the victim.

Kevin says, "I geared up and went over, and whenever I got on the scene, they removed me from where he was up on the hill where our engine was staged at."

Authorities say several teens were swimming together when one of the boys went under and never resurfaced. That boy was Justin Lee, Kevin's 15-year-old son.

Justin and his friends were swimming in a private reservoir that does not allow public swimming, but people in the area say it's been a popular swimming hole for years.

"I just don't know what made him do this." says Kevin.

He and his family are heartbroken over the loss, but they find comfort in knowing his heart was donated to a young man in need.

Kevin has a message to other teens in the area, "Reservoirs aren't a place for kids. Please, stay away from them. Because I don't want no other family members to go through what I'm going through right now."

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