BUFFALO, N.Y. — Marvin Dones Jr. was vacationing in Puerto Rico with his girlfriend and her daughter.

The Buffalo man, according to his family, was standing on rocks on a beach taking pictures when he slipped and eventually dorwned.

According to officials in Puerto Rico, he was swept away by rip currents on Mar Chiquita beach in Manati on Sunday, August 24. His body was found the following day.

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Dones has four sisters. His oldest sister Candice told 2 On Your Side's Claudine Ewing that his girlfriend "witnessed him floating, but because the waters were so high, she was screaming for help. By the time help came, he drifted off, which we didn't recover his body till the following morning."

A pure tragedy

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