Father of 3 drowns while saving children from rip current during Florida vacation

A father of three died last week saving two of his children from a rip current while they were vacationing in Florida, family members and friends said.

A father of three died last week saving two of his children from a rip current while they were vacationing in Florida, family members and friends said.

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Ryan Jennings and his family, from Maine, were on the beach swimming in Juno Beach on Wednesday afternoon, his wife, Emily Jennings, told NBC News. She was on the shore with their youngest daughter and niece building sandcastles, while he, their 12-year-old son and their 9-year-old daughter were in the water.

They were then suddenly caught in a rip current, she said.