Rip Current in West Carteret, North Carolina

Rip Current May 21, 2019 · West Carteret, North Carolina

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

Four swimmers were caught in a rip current around 2 PM Sunday (5/19/19) afternoon. Surfers were able to pull in the swimmers, but one swimmer was unconscious and CPR was administered. This person died in the hospital two days later (5/21/19).

The wider storm

A man died in a rip current several days after being caught in it.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 814159. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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