42-year-old father and 10-year-old daughter drowned On a beach in Pinellas County on the west coast of Florida (USA), swept away by strong rip currentsa local media reported on Monday.
Michael Stephens was enjoying a beach day at Pass-a-Grille Beach this Sunday with his three daughters: Isabella Stephen (10), Trinity (13) and Brittany (20) and Brittany’s boyfriend Jessie. Johnson (again 20). Suddenly, the second’s father, Isabella, Brittany, and her boyfriend noticed difficulties swimming against a growing tide, but still Johnson managed to get his girlfriend out of the waterHe bought the Tampa Bay Times.
Young man after leaving his fiancee on the shore He returned to the water to save Michael and Isabella, but father and daughter were long gone. from the beach and the current was so strong that it was almost impossible to swim to them.
One of the girls called the 911 emergency line, and soon after, a police rescue team spotted the father and daughter 800 meters from shore, being picked up by a coast guard boat. Both were taken to a nearby hospital, where doctors could do nothing to save their lives.
Swimming parallel to the shore without resisting the current, or letting yourself go until you feel the current weakening, are some of the suggestions given by the experts to stay calm and not drown in the currents.