“I cannot begin to imagine the pain of losing not one, but two loved ones in a single tragic moment,” a family friend wrote on GoFundMe

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A mother and her 12-year-old son drowned in a Virginia pond after she jumped into the water to save him

The woman, Maria Elena López Solís, leaves behind five children and her life partner

A family friend said that López Solís’ husband did “everything he could to save them” during the tragic incident

A mother and her 12-year-old son tragically drowned in a Virginia pond after she jumped in to save him from the water.

At around 6 p.m. local time on Sunday, Aug. 2, the Chesterfield County Police and…

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