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Originally Posted by KC911

Thank you FB .... the NC beaches can have some notorious rip tides/currents depend upon conditions. If the rip tides are taking you away from shore, do NOT panic and fight them.... that's how folks drown ... and it's tragic. Let the water take you out a ways .... it's never very far, and go in either direction.... sometimes not very far, before swimming back to shore... float with the tide/current... even the best of swimmers are no match for Mother Nature.... PANIC is what kills.

Right and "strong" is no match. But clearly the guys nature was to save/protect and with it being his daughter on top of that, he couldn't fight the drive. The worst part is now the girl is probably going to have some guilt about it the rest of her life.