Family needs help, Afghanistan veteran drowned in lake

Ryan Tyndall drowned in Lake Allatoona leaving behind a wife, two children, and a third on the way
WXIA News
Kevin Rowson
July 31, 2014

SNELLVILLE, Ga -- Ryan Tyndall was a lot of things but mostly a good husband and father, according to his sister. But now his family is in need and Lisa Tyndall wants to make sure they get what they need.

Ryan took his wife Tina and two children, Chance, 5, and Alicia, 2, camping on Lake Allatoona last weekend. The Tyndalls were planning to give their family good news: Tina was pregnant with their third child. Their family only found out that news after Ryan drowned Sunday.

The doting father jumped into the lake when a float got away from his children. When he reached the float, about 75-yards from shore, something happened.

"They heard him yell 'help me'," his sister said. "One of the guys that was there looked and he jumped in and by the time he made it out there to him, they couldn't find him."

"I don't know if he just got tired and he got some water in his lungs or what happened, but he didn't make it," Lisa Tyndall said.

Ryan Tyndall, is a US Army veteran, who served in Afghanistan. His sister said he had a hard time finding jobs after he came home. "He was looking for work trying to take care of his family and he was having a hard time finding good jobs," she said. "Right before this happened it seemed like it was starting to fall in place."

She said Ryan was working for a landscaper and was given his own truck and was promoted to supervisor.

After living in hotels he and his family were looking for a home.

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