Water Rescue Attempt Claims Tennessee Paramedic, Teens

A Tennessee paramedic tossed overboard Thursday during a rescue attempt in a swollen creek has died.

Joe Snow, a paramedic with Montgomery County EMS, died at 4:02 a.m. Sunday at Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville.

On Thursday evening, Snow and another rescuer were thrown into the water at the base of a dam as they attempted to reach youths in distress, said Lt. Eric Reece.

"The boys went over the dam and were caught in the hydraulic. They were trying to get to them when the boat overturned,