I hit a paywall.
Here’s a different link.
Go to the top of my homepage and follow the instructions: https://freerepublic.com/~epluribusunum/index
From your link ...
... Balzer said there a language barrier in communicating with the children, but it’s believed the people went to the river to fish when one person began to swim and others attempted to rescue them....
On the river north of the Columbus Zoo.
How tragic.