'The son was able to swim to his sisters, and bring them back to safety at a nearby dock, but when he looked back for his father, he could not find him,' the warden service said in a statement.
was at the Seven Tree Pond in the town of Union with his family around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday watching his daughters, 12 and 13, swimming in the water.
Both girls were then swept out by currents to an even deeper portion of the pond, the Maine Warden Service said. Wardens along with Union Fire and Rescue and the Knox County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene to search the pond by boat and foot, but weren't able to find Brooks.
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