Rip Current in Martin, Florida
Rip Current April 8, 2017 · Martin, Florida
What the National Weather Service wrote
A 16-year-old boy from Port St. Lucie drowned after being pulled seaward by a strong rip current and disappeared from view. A sheriffs office helicopter and water and boat patrol crews found the boy and returned him to shore. Rescuers performed CPR and then transported him to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later. The death was a result of drowning.
The wider storm
A teenage boy was swimming at the beach with friends when he was swept seaward in a strong rip current and drowned.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 693379. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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