Flags fly at half staff in Minnesota for Voyageurs National Park ranger who died in water rescue

A boat navigates the waters of Namakan Lake near Kettle Falls in Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota on June 24, 2016. (Leila Navidi/Star Tribune via AP)

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INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn. (AP) — A park ranger died while trying to save three people during a water rescue at a national park in Minnesota.

The National Park Service said the ranger responded Sunday to a call for assistance on Namakan Lake in Voyageurs National Park near the Canadian border. Officials said their boat had become disabled during high winds and rough waters.

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