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Offline TomSea

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Beachgoers form an 80-person human chain to save family
« on: July 11, 2017, 05:01:31 pm »
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Beachgoers form an 80-person human chain to save family
USA TODAY  Mary Bowerman

Florida beachgoers banded together Saturday to save a family from drowning.

Roberta Ursrey and her family were at Panama City Beach when she noticed her sons were too far from shore, The Panama City News Herald reported. The boys were screaming, so Ursrey and her relatives swam to them, but became trapped in a rip current.

According to the City News Herald, nine people were trapped in 15 feet of water.

“I honestly thought I was going to lose my family that day,” Ursrey said. “It was like, ‘Oh God, this is how I’m going.’”



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Re: Beachgoers form an 80-person human chain to save family
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2017, 05:09:46 pm »
If you're caught in a rip current don't fight it.   Swim parallel to the beach until you get out of the rip and then come on back in.  Panic kills
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Re: Beachgoers form an 80-person human chain to save family
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2017, 05:14:35 pm »
Thanks @driftdiver

Someone might benefit from your advice.
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Re: Beachgoers form an 80-person human chain to save family
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2017, 05:45:28 pm »
Quote from: TomSea on July 11, 2017, 05:14:35 pm
Thanks @driftdiver

Someone might benefit from your advice.

Rip currents are scary because the current will grab you and pull you out to sea.  People try to fight the current and exhaust themselves then drown.  Or they panic and then drown.   

Relax, float on your back if you need to, and swim 90 degrees from the direction of the current.  Basically in the direction of the top red arrows.


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Re: Beachgoers form an 80-person human chain to save family
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2017, 08:47:00 pm »
Apparently rip tides don't affect human chains - who knew?
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Re: Beachgoers form an 80-person human chain to save family
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2017, 09:49:03 pm »
Quote from: driftdiver on July 11, 2017, 05:09:46 pm
If you're caught in a rip current don't fight it.   Swim parallel to the beach until you get out of the rip and then come on back in.  Panic kills
Exactly. Good advice.
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Re: Beachgoers form an 80-person human chain to save family
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