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‘Our hearts here in the city are just torn’ over young Brockton cousins who drowned Saturday night

Bri Nichols (left) lit candles as Michael Nunes (center) and his wife, Marlene, placed flowers at a makeshift memorial at Waldo Lake in D.W. Field Park, where two boys drowned Saturday night. Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe

BROCKTON — It was an idyllic evening and the two young cousins stood in shallow water at the edge of the lake, skipping rocks across the surface.

Then, in a horrific scene that unfolded in full view of family members, one boy fell into a steep underwater drop-off, and when his cousin tried to rescue him, both disappeared, officials said Sunday.

Both boys drowned, despite frantic efforts by family and other people nearby to save them, officials said. A third boy, who is related to the cousins, also went under the water but was rescued by a relative.

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