Marine caught in rip current on NC coast rescued after 3 hours at sea, officials say
July 25, 2021 Hayley Fowler - Miami Herald
Two Marines were swimming off the coast of North Carolina when a friend still on the beach said he couldn’t see them anymore.
It would take several hours before they both returned to shore.
The Marines stationed at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville were swimming a few hours near Cape Lookout Point when they were “swept out to sea” by a powerful rip current, officials with the U.S. Marine Corps 2d Marine Division said in a news release Tuesday.
Rip currents are “powerful, narrow channels of fast-moving water” that pull swimmers away from shore, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/07/marine-caught-in-rip-current-on-nc-coast-rescued-after-3-hours-at-sea-officials-say/
