VICKSBURG (WKZO) — A vigil in downtown Vicksburg for 20-year-old Bobby Root was held Friday evening. He is believed to have drowned while on spring break.
It is now a recovery operation at a northern California creek, as crews continue to search for Root.
They believe that he died trying to rescue a dog that was being pulled into the Pacific Ocean. The canine was able to escape safely.
Root was in Orick, about 43 miles north of Eureka near the Oregon state line, to visit friends when the incident occurred on Tuesday evening.