We pray for the family members and offer our condolences," Henry said. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Chase Childers, former baseball player, drowns trying to save swimmers ...

PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. — Chase Childers, a former minor league baseball player and ex-police officer, has died after rushing into the ocean to save swimmers in a rip current, according to police ...

He died trying to save others. — Pawleys Island PD (@PawleysIslandPD) July 15, 2025 Childers was a Major League Baseball player drafted to the Baltimore Orioles in 2009, according to the league.

"The victim, Chase Childers, and another person entered the water to help 4-5 individuals who were in distress. Sadly, Mr. Childers was caught in the rip current, as well.

If Sturgill Simpson, Jason Isbell and Tyler Childers are the holy trinity of modern outsider country music, Childers has been ...

Chase Childers, a former professional baseball player, died while trying to save swimmers in South Carolina. He selflessly jumped into the dangerous rip current to rescue five family members ...

Anderson "Chase" Childers, 38, died last weekend after saving a family of five from a rip current. He played for the Baltimore Orioles' minor league before training as a cop.

A former minor league baseball player and ex-police officer has died after rushing to save swimmers in a rip current. The police department for Pawleys Island, South Carolina, said Chase Childers ...

NEED TO KNOW Chase Childers drowned on Sunday, July 13, while trying to rescue swimmers in distress The incident happened on South Carolina’s Pawleys Island The husband and father of three was a ...

A former professional baseball player and father of three died while trying to save swimmers from a rip current off the coast of South Carolina on Sunday, authorities said. Chase Childers, who was ...