Family says brother saved sister from Nebraska River [Video]

The family of a 17-year-old swept away on Nebraska’s Platte River said, “He died a hero.” Jackson Potter’s family said he was trying to save his sister when he was taken by the water. Jackson’s siblings said they went to Hormel Park looking for frogs and rocks along the bank, but when the sandy riverbed shifted on his sister, Jackson jumped in the water where crews have been searching since Sunday night.”He had so many goals and so many things he was going to conquer,” said Jackson’s mom, Jennifer Black.Jennifer hasn’t left home since Sunday night.”I will not until his body or he has been discovered,” she said. The four siblings and a friend were at Hormel Park when his sister Addisyn was in the water, and the sand shifted. “I couldn’t swim and kept going under, and I kept calling for Jack,” said Addisyn Potter-Carlson. “He let me latch …