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story here - the headline says it all
Beachgoers Form Human Chain to Rescue Drowning Family at Florida Beach
Beachgoers formed a 100-yard long human chain to rescue a family and several other swimmers caught in a riptide Saturday evening.
A group of 70-80 strangers linked hands together to successfully bring nine swimmers trapped in the ocean back to shore, CNN reported.
Roberta Ursrey and her family were enjoying a day in the water at Panama City Beach when Ursrey, walking back to shore, noticed her two sons were a lot farther out into the ocean than she thought.
When she heard her sons scream, she knew she had to go in after them, despite warnings from beachgoers saying not to go into the water.
“They were screaming and crying that they were stuck,” Ursrey told the Panama City News Herald Monday.
Despite her best efforts to save her family, Ursrey got caught in the riptide along with the rest of her family.
“I honestly thought I was going to lose my family that day,” Ursrey said. “It was like, ‘Oh God; this is how I’m going.’”
That’s where Jessica and Derek Simmons came in.
When Jessica and Derek saw the people gathering in a crowd to look at the water, they thought there was a shark sighting.
“I automatically thought they had seen a shark,” Jessica Simmons said. “I ran back to shore and my husband ran over to them. … That’s when I knew someone was drowning.”
Simmons grabbed a boogie board and began to swim towards the family in distress while her husband, Derek, started a human chain along with several other men....
source- cut & paste from breitbart
Interesting because I also have a friend from America who does not want to live in America, she does not want to raise her kids that way, she wants them to experience the world better. Thump Up!!
That's unfortunate your friend sees things in that way. More than likely she hasn't experienced the different parts of the country. Most people from any country that is so big don't realize there are a lot of differences in a place as large even though it shares the same name falling under the brand of USA.
There's not enough of these good samaritan stories in the media.