Pennsylvania parents vacationing in Florida with 6 kids drown after getting caught in rip current
A Pennsylvania couple vacationing in Florida with their six children drowned after getting caught by a rip current while swimming, authorities said.
A Pennsylvania couple vacationing in Florida with their six children drowned after getting caught by a rip current while swimming, authorities said.
The family was at Stuart Beach on Hutchinson Island Thursday afternoon when the parents and two of their teenage children were swept out, according to Martin County's sheriff's office and fire rescue.
The teens were able to break the current and attempted to help their parents but it became dangerous and the teens had to swim to shore, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.
Rescuers at Stuart Beach on Hutchinson Island in Florida.Martin County Sheriff's OfficeMartin County Ocean Rescue located the parents, identified as Brian Warter, 51, and Erica Wishard, 48, and began life-saving measures.
Despite efforts by family members, Martin County Ocean Rescue, paramedics, and doctors at Cleveland Clinic North, the couple died.
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