Rip Current in New Hanover, North Carolina

Rip Current August 8, 2009 · New Hanover, North Carolina

Death

Injury

What the National Weather Service wrote

A boy went under the water at Fort Fisher State Park. Two adults and lifeguards attempted to rescue him, but the boy was found dead a couple of hours later in shallow water.

The wider storm

A boy drowned after getting caught in a rip current at Fort Fisher.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 194919. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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