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Rip Current in Escambia Coastal, Florida
Rip Current April 6, 2023 · Escambia Coastal, Florida
What the National Weather Service wrote
A 16 year old male drowned trying to save a family of four caught in a rip current in Perdido Key. An adult male in his 50s also died and the 12 year old boy they were trying save died a week later in the hospital.
The wider storm
A 16 year old male and an adult male in his 50s both died trying to save a 12 year old boy from rip currents in Perdido Key. They were family friends visiting from Atlanta. The 12 year old died a week later at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1084485. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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