ISLETON, Calif. -- Authorities are searching for a 41-year-old man who jumped into a swift-moving river in Northern California after his 1-year-old son fell out of their fishing boat.
Sacramento County Sheriff's Sgt. Shaun Hampton said the man's 10-year-old daughter called 911 on Friday and said her father had jumped in the San Joaquin River in Isleton without a life vest to rescue her brother.
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Hampton said a U.S. Coast Guard crew located the boat and the boy floating in the frigid, murky water. He initially didn't have a pulse and was taken to the hospital where Hampton said his conditions improved as of Saturday.
Two other children who were on the boat were reunited with family.
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Hampton said the water has been moving fast due to heavy rainfall and runoff.