The body of a woman has been recovered Tuesday after she went missing in the Delaware River while helping rescue a girl from the water in Burlington County, New Jersey.
She was identified Tuesday as 33-year-old Priscila Alvares Pereira Dos Santos, of Delran, according to police.
She went missing around 4 p.m. on Monday at Amico Island Park.
Officials said Dos Santos never resurfaced after pushing the girl toward safety.
Dos Santos' husband spoke to Action News. He said Tuesday is her 34th birthday.
He wants people to know his wife was "an evangelical and a heroine who gave her own life to save a child."
Her body was recovered around 8:15 a.m., about 20 feet off a beach at the park.
Officials said Dos Santos managed to push the girl toward the shore where other people pulled the child to safety, but the woman went under and did not resurface.
Dos Santos' husband said the girl his wife saved is 9 years old and is a family member.
Crews spent hours searching along the rocks of the shoreline of the wooded park on Monday.
It's lined with hiking trails and has picnic areas, but is not a place that is known for swimming.
The undercurrent is known to be strong in the area, where the Delaware River meets the Rancocas Creek.
There have been several tragedies near the area on the Philadelphia and South Jersey sides of the river.
At this time, officials said the circumstances involving this incident are not believed to be suspicious. The investigation into the incident is ongoing and will further be conducted by the Burlington County Medical Examiner's Office.