Death on the Rio Grande

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Does anyone think the story doesnt add up with the photo? Surviving wife say child was already on the opposite bank (USA side) when the father swam back to the Mexico side and she jumped in after him so he went back to save her and both ended up drowning. Wife says he put daughter in shirt. How does one put a child inside shirt when already in water trying to save them from drowning?
Seems like he did that first and they both drowned on the way over. Tragic either way but my morbid curiosity got the best of me with the photo.