Mother Dies After Saving Her Son From Drowning
LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4)– A mother from Lakewood has died after saving her young son from drowning on a family vacation in Lake Powell.
Her co-workers told CBS4 they aren’t surprised by the mother’s sacrifice. Chelsey Russell was a well-known and well-liked attorney.
Her family was vacationing at the popular tourist destination at the Utah-Arizona border when her 2-year-old, who was not wearing a life jacket, fell off a houseboat and she went in after him.
Russell, 35, was a natu
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