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Selfless cop proposed to girlfriend just hours before sacrificing his life to save her
New York Post • • nation
Key Points:
- Officer Fred Marsh, 24, of the Rogers Police Department proposed to his girlfriend Hailey hours before drowning while rescuing her from Missouri’s Elk River.
- Marsh and another officer saved Hailey from the river’s strong current, but Marsh was swept away and did not resurface.
- The couple had been together for three years, and Marsh had recently graduated from the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy, serving his first year on the force.
- Marsh’s fiancée’s mother shared a close bond with him, relating over their shared experience of losing loved ones, and described their relationship as like mother and son.
- A motorcade honored Marsh as his funeral arrangements are underway, and a GoFundMe has been set up to support Hailey during this difficult time.
