'Glee' star Naya Rivera's 4-year-old son tried to save actress in final moments before tragic drowning

Naya Rivera's son can recall the actress's final moments before she drowned in Lake Piru in 2020. Josey was only 4 years old at the time of the "Glee" star's death.

"Something he’s said over and over is that he was trying to find a life raft, and there was a rope. But there was a big spider on the rope, and he was too scared to throw it," Ryan Dorsey told People magazine. "I keep reassuring him, ‘Buddy, that rope wasn’t going to be long enough.'" "Something he’s said over and over is that he was trying to find a life raft, and there was a rope. But there was a big spider on the rope, and he was too scared to throw it. I keep reassuring him, ‘Buddy, that rope wasn’t going to be long enough.'"

Josey, now 9, also recalled the windy atmosphere on the lake.