{"id":22424,"date":"2024-05-20T10:41:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T14:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/?p=22424"},"modified":"2024-05-20T10:41:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T14:41:09","slug":"30-year-old-california-mother-dies-saving-drowning-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2024\/05\/30-year-old-california-mother-dies-saving-drowning-daughter","title":{"rendered":"30-Year-Old California Mother Dies Saving Drowning Daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_22430\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22430\" style=\"width: 930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2024\/05\/brenda-duran-cali-mom-credit-kcra-3-youtube.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22430\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2024\/05\/brenda-duran-cali-mom-credit-kcra-3-youtube.png\" alt=\"brenda duran\" width=\"930\" height=\"601\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">KCRA 3\/YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A mother\u2019s love is limitless. This sentiment was especially true when Brenda Duran jumped into the San Joaquin River in central California to rescue her drowning daughter. Duran watched her children playing in the water of a popular beach, but when her 11-year-old daughter couldn\u2019t keep her head above water, Duran rushed into the river, according to the Stanislaus County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>As she sought to save her daughter, Duran \u201cstruggled to stay afloat,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said, and the river\u2019s current swallowed the mom.\u00a0Her son, 14, saw his mom in trouble and jumped back into the river to try to grab her, but he could not get to her in time, according to the Stanislaus County Sheriff\u2019s Office.\u00a0First responders, including rescue dive teams, spent hours in the water, but \u201cvisibility and safety\u201d concerns forced the search to be paused around 11 p.m., police said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RlHXGU4IBrY?si=LGxGw9-DnzYUi2gl\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Duran\u2019s body was recovered around 5:30 p.m. on May 11 outside Newman, California. She was just 30 years old.\u00a0Yadira Herrera wrote on a GoFundMe post on behalf of Duran\u2019s family, \u201cBrenda\u2019s husband describes her as a \u2018very thriving person, always smiling, never giving up and very compassionate.\u2019\u201d The Stanislaus County Sheriff\u2019s Office said an autopsy will be conducted to establish an official cause of death. \u201cWe extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Brenda Duran during this time,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n<p>The 366-mile San Joaquin River starts in Yosemite and Kings Canyon National Parks and runs through the San Joaquin Valley south of Sacramento.\u00a0The river is known for its rampant wildlife,\u00a0economy-fueled tourism\u00a0that includes paddling, swimming and fishing, and hydroelectric power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mother\u2019s love is limitless. 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Duran watched her children playing in the water of a popular beach, but when her 11-year-old daughter couldn\u2019t keep her head above water, Duran rushed into the river,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":22430,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3912],"class_list":["post-22424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-brenda-duran"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>30-Year-Old California Mother Dies Saving Drowning Daughter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As she sought to save her daughter, Duran \u201cstruggled to stay afloat,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said, and the river\u2019s current swallowed the mom.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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