Rip Current in Carteret, North Carolina

Rip Current May 5, 2007 · Carteret, North Carolina

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 35 year old male was pulled out to sea in a rip current and drowned near Fort Macon in Atlantic Beach. The man entered the water to try and save two children who were in distress.

The wider storm

A 35 year old male was pulled out to sea in a rip current and drowned on May 5th 2007.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 23136. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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