Former Baltimore Orioles prospect and police officer Chase Childers, 38, died after helping to rescue swimmers in Pawleys Island, S.C., officials announced.

Officials said Chase Childers -- a former professional baseball player and police officer -- and one other individual entered the water to help a family of five.

A Georgia community is in mourning after the passing of a former Baltimore Orioles prospect, who tragically died after he ...

Chase Childers, a former Orioles prospect and college baseball player, died saving swimmers from a rip current in North ...

Former MLB prospect Chase Childers died while saving swimmers from a rip current on Pawleys Island, off the coast of South ...

Former professional baseball player Chase Childers died trying to save swimmer in Pawley's Island, South Carolina.

Former MLB player Chase Childers dies heroically while rescuing swimmers from a rip current in South Carolina.

A former minor league baseball player and father drowned after getting caught in a rip current while trying to save a family ...

Anderson Childers, a former Orioles minor leaguer, was swept away in a rip current after saving a group of distressed ...

A former MLB prospect died a hero after jumping into brutal waters to save a family, and was caught in a rip current in front of his wife and kids.

Chase Childers, a former minor league baseball player and ex-police officer, has died after rushing into the ocean to save ...

Authorities say Chase Childers died after heroically jumping into the water in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, to rescue a ...