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Alex Harris, 18, drowned in the Missouri River on July 23 after rescuing his brother Asher, who was struggling to stay afloat, NBC News reports. 

Alex is pronounced dead the next day. 

A small child drowned in an inflatable pool in a Karlovo village

Tyson Harris, Alex and Asher's father said he and his wife heard their older son screaming for help.

However, by the time they got to it, it was too late.  

Mum Nicky said: “I watched his arms go limp and he went under.

I knew he was very exhausted.

I tried so hard to reach him”.

Alex's father wrote the Facebook post as a tribute to his son: “I love you son and I wish every second I could take your place.

You are a hero,” Harris wrote.

Alex Harris graduated high school this year. 

The father said that the two drove every morning for 15 minutes.

"We listened to music and talked about different things.

Every morning I expect him to be here.

I will sit and wait for a while as if he will come,” he said.

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