Thanks to some quick thinking and innovative teamwork, approximately 80 beachgoers saved nine people from drowning at Panama City Beach in Florida this past weekend.
After a riptide trapped six members of Roberta Ursrey’s family, and three other swimmers, in its current on Saturday, onlookers at the beach worked together to form an impromptu human chain and rescue those struggling to stay above water, reports the Panama City News Herald.
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According to the publication, beachgoer Jessica Mae Simmons first witnessed Ursrey’s family — including her eight and 11 year-old sons —trapped in the riptide, but she assumed they had seen a shark. However, after running to shore to alert her husband Derek, she realized someone was drowning and needed their help. Read more…
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