Rip Current in Volusia, Florida
Rip Current September 5, 2011 · Volusia, Florida
What the National Weather Service wrote
A 40 year old male drown while attempting to rescue his children who were being pulled seaward by a strong rip current. The man was found floating in the water unconscious about a quarter mile away. Witnesses tried to perform CPR, and the man was taken to a local hospital, but didn't survive.
The children were rescued by surfers.
The wider storm
Rough surf and strong rip currents impacted the east-central Florida coast due to the passage of distant Hurricane Katia. A man drowned in a rip current at Daytona Beach while attempting to rescue his children who were being pulled seaward.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 331475. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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