The Galveston County sheriff says 10-year-old Micah Batson of Little Rock, Arkansas was in town celebrating his birthday.
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Around 11:55 a.m. on Saturday, the boy and his father went missing while swimming near Crystal Beach near the Bolivar Peninsula, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
Watchstanders launched a helicopter air crew and two boat crews to help search for the boy.
Deputies later confirmed the father was found alive.
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Around 3:15 p.m., officers found Micah's body near the area of the beach where a 10-year-old boy was reported missing.
The boy's father told officials that they were in the water, just above waist deep, when a wave came and knocked them over. When the dad came up, he said a current separated him from his son.
The dad said his son was fighting the current trying to get back to him, before he disappeared.