7 Beachgoers Die From Rip Currents at Panama City Beach
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- Florida's Panama City Beach is known for its beautiful white sand and crystal-clear water but now it's being called the deadliest beach in America. In a month, there were seven drowning deaths attributed to dangerous rip currents on Panama City Beach. Lifeguards say beachgoers are ignoring their warnings and going into the water even when they're told not to. Retired fire captain Richard Alford drowned on the beach after bravely saving the lives of two swimmers who were caught in a rip current.
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Went to the beach this past weekend with my husband and youngest daughter. Read about the severe rip current warning and we didn’t go further than ankle deep and that was pushing it. It was violent and strong. Even an experienced swimmer can’t compete with rip currents. Don’t ever underestimate the ocean!
Where all the surfers go?)
@@shortfilmtrendingWhat’s worse? Currents, or sharks?
It just sucks you deeper in the sea?
@@superdragon1101 sharks. If you search how painful drowning is people who have experienced it will mostly say it was painless.
The moment I ever feel I’m in a current, my ass is swimming parallel. I’m letting Mother Nature take me out that easily 😛💯
If any of you is ever caught in a rip current, do not try to swim towards the beach. That's how you get tired and drown. You must keep your head and swim parallel to the beach or sideways. Often that current is only about 12 feet wide. You can swim out of it and it will stop pulling you out. Then you can swim towards the shore. Be safe and know your limitations.
This is a good piece of advice. Thank you
Why they didn't say it on television? This is actually true I have done this before.
As a previous beach lifeguard at Panama city beach, please edit your comment to say you need to let the rip current carry you out completely until it stops pushing, THEN swim parallel of the shore and swim back in. Swimming parallel to shore while the rip current is still actively pulling you out will do nothing but make you exhausted.
Learned this as a swimmer. Valuable advice here. It needs more likes to educate the masses
@@pouroverfinance Yeah, learned it on my own when I was a little kid and lived by the beach. I would swim almost everyday in the summer.
Almost took me out to sea here! Bless the rescuer who put his life on the line to save me from going down. The jetski rental had a rip current next to it. My daughter asked one of the guys to help me! Two Heroes came out saved my life that day!
Glad to hear you’re ok and doing well… so glad you made it to see many more days!!! 😊
Never ignore what lifeguards tell you not to do
what if they tell you to drink molten lava?
@@cryptfire3158lifeguards tell you what NOT to do.
As a former life guard in germany I want to say i was surprised by just how many people have never heard of rip currents or undertow. You wouldn´t believe how many people go way too far into deep waters well knowing they cant swim.
Aren’t you supposed to like swim horizontally or something until you can swim in?
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been swim training ever since i was around 6 but i couldn't swim against this current even with perfect technique. it scared me when i first dealt with it not knowing what it was, it kept pulling me in while waves crashed over me, i really felt like i could outswim it but my legs were cramping up bad. it pulled me very far from the shore, grant it i did swim out far like i usually do, eventually the waters became normal and i could swim freely back like nothing happened. i never told anyone i was too scared, i really thought i would die that day. i don't ever swim far out anymore
@datstudkillacam6046 that's your best bet but you'd have to do that relatively quickly to exit the riptide/current and even after you do that, you're still far out. Not everyone has the stamina to get back.
I have been caught in a rip tide, the sad thing is when your in the situation you realize whatever one is talking about... the fear and panic, the. Hopelessness that sets in.... you cant know it unless your in the situation, by then its usually to late.
I called upon the Lord as my wife and children looked on from the shore line and thought as i had thought, i was a gonner... but then i called upon the name of the Lord, and He sent some small waves, and though i had no energy left, he brought be back into the shore... what thankfulness filled my heart!!!
Whenever someone dies at a beach they ALWAYS IGNORE THE WARNINGS. People need to be protected from themselves.
How can we protect people from themselves?
Nope, get rid of warnings and we'll start selecting for caution again. We're actively devolving ourselves with warning labels and bubble wrap on everything
@@LetsTalkAboutPreppingWhat? That doesn't even make sense? These people died because they were careless and didn't respect the warning given to not enter the water.
Natural selection
When my son was 4 years old, we were in Destin, Florida, another Gulf town. He was playing in shallow water, but since he was so young, I stayed within arm's reach of him. A riptide caught him iand pulled him away from me. I am a strong swimmer and was able to quickly catch him
I kept him calm and above water while we rode with the tide. We were able to make our way to the edge of the flow and "jump" our way free. His mom and sister had no idea what was going on and wondered what we were doing so far down the beach.
The riptide was fast, it was strong and it was scary! Condolences to the families of those who were not so lucky.
I just came back from Miramar/destin and someone actually drowned last Tuesday in destin. Ocean is unforgiving.
Yea my brother saved my life from the rip tide. Out of nowhere i got swept out further into the ocean, my feet were no longer on the ground the waves were too strong to swim back to the beach and i just looked up at the sky and told God im sorry for all my sins and its okay he can take me. I thought sharks were going to eat me, i was almost out by the boats.. But my brother (only 2 years older than me, i was 12) swam out to me and helped me to swim back.. He told me dont give up because at one point it was so hard to swim back and i told him to save himself i'll be okay. Im so thankful for him and that God put the right people in my life to help with his work. Truely heavensent. Thank you God thank you bro
As a experienced open water swimmer and kayaker , The water on top may look calm and easy but the inside is trouble. The ocean is tricky waters you never know but a good swimmer can defeat being drowning
That’s why I don’t swim in the ocean I surf and that board or boogie board will save your damn life from a rip current lol
Only swimmers like us know this though. People underestimate the ocean and what it can do to you. It’s a dark dark place. Heights over ocean anyday.
@@Adam-de8yi ocean over heights anyway for me, heights is only one way down
I miraculously survived being dragged in a rip current also in Florida and it was truly the scariest thing that's ever happened to me. The beach was dead empty, and by gods grace there was only one other guy there walking his dog who I later found out was a retired lifeguard. Turns out he heard me from a distance after I was screaming my lungs out for help and till this day It all seems surreal to me. All I remember was being waist deep in the water and the next minute I was 100 yards from shore getting pounced by waves. No matter how much I tried to swim forward I was only getting pushed back further and further. Eventually I became so exhausted my body gave up and I gradually began to sink. The only thought running through my mind was "this is it.. I'm dead." Next thing I know the same man I seen walking his dog earlier lifted me onto his shoulder and swam us back to shore. I don't know how he did it, but I still can't thank him enough. I know it sounds corny but it all happened like it was a scene straight out of a movie. Afterwards I was transported to a hospital to get all the salt water flushed out of my system, because apparently I swallowed a ton. I hope none of you experience what I went through and please be cautious of the waters before hopping in- even if you're just going knee deep; the ocean is unpredictable.
Man reading your comments made me relieve the same thing. I got stuck in a rip and despite forceful paddles towards the shore, I didn't get anywhere near it. And I remembered just looking at the sky and started asking for forgiveness cos I was sure I wasn't going to get home that day. Thankfully I got rescued. Keep living brother
Thank God you survive. And thank God for the lifeguard. God kept you for a purpose. Leave your life for him.
Always swim parallel to the shore, and swim out of the current - then swim to the shore once you’re out of the current
So thankful God sent that man (or angel) to save you 🙏 You’ve obviously got work left to do in this earth ❤️
Not the most "dangerous beach". Just humans not listening, heading warnings or taking in severity of rip currents.
Hot take just for the sake of having a hot take.
@@GrayaldI mean, it's factual.
@@GrayaldBoiling hot 🔥
The most dangerous thing about rip currents is trying to swim against it, in particular, directly against it.
FREEDUMB
The church I was raised in lost one of its beloved members in a rip current while saving his grandson. He was such a good man.
I wasn’t in a rip current, but me and my sister were swimming at Siesta Key Beach a few summers ago. We had our boogie boards and were riding the big waves as they came up to us. Little did we know, the water was pushing us and everyone else sideways down the shoreline. We started swimming right in front of our parents tent but without us even knowing we ended up quite a ways down the beach. Thankfully my Dad was being observant and followed us down the shoreline so he could help us get back on land and find our tent.
Yea siesta key always does that. It happens fast and can be scary when you’re young. It’s usually pretty tame though, I remember going to another beach in Florida and became quite scared at how powerful the rip current was compared to most sarasota beaches
I think it was dog beach
That’s crazy, I didn’t know you were in danger in knee deep water.
Young fit healthy people should be able to stay upright in knee deep but he was 60 and probably went further then knee deep anyway or laid down
@@upsidedownnugget9531didn’t a Fit Healthy 35 year old NFL Quarterback just drown?
Anyone can drown…….
@@favourbridgette1939yup like someone doing a leg sweep karate style
Pulls you in no matter how much you dig in . Respect the power of the ocean
@@favourbridgette1939 in knee deep water? Only non swimmers or unfit or elderly would be at risk in knee deep water if there’s a rip. Stronger swimmers
Would be able to stand and not get knocked over or they would know if they do get caught in a rip they would just float with it. Not fight it. Wait for it to stop dragging you out and then swim parallel to the beach for a bit to get around the rip then swim back in. Rips drag you out to sea not under.
But moral of the story if you aren’t the best swimmer go to the pools.
@@favourbridgette1939 he was from Arkansas so probably wouldn’t go to the beach that often and probably not a strong swimmer unfortunately.
2:00 pretty cool I don't think I've seen it demonstrated like this before.
Agreed. You assume the wave free zone will keep you safe. They should of spent more time on that!
I’ve been pulled into one of these before pretty rough. My leg hit a rock really hard. You don’t think you could die from it.
I almost drowned in a rip current in Thailand almost 20 years ago. I only survived because I was training to become a Divemaster and was at my fittest and strongest at the time. It was terrifying 😔
It’s called don’t get in the damn water at all
I’ve seen people pulled from those waters years ago and today I was just online looking for lodging to take my family to Panama City beach before school starts. I think I will pass and redirect my trip to Orlando. So sorry for all those families who have lost their loved ones. 🙏
We were at Miramar beach last week at the end of June, and I had some people in our group get pulled into a rip tide. I realized part of our group was too far to the left and I decided to go get them back. That’s when I realized they were in the rip tide. We were able to go out safely and help coach them and get them out of the rip tide with help of a few others. But plenty of education and awareness is needed. You need to watch out for others and have others watch out for you because sometimes you don’t know it’s happening until it’s too late.
Even when there’s not crime happening in Florida, there’s still all kinds of Hell happening left and right.
So...like every other trashy state in america? That's so thought provoking..
Florida is trashy ?
@@arthurbrumagem3844 anywhere where humans reside is usually trashy.
@@simplylethul unfortunately very true and getting worse imo. Everywhere I go I see stuff dumped along the highway because people don’t want to pay to have their old appliances and furniture hauled away
If caught in a rip current, this is assuming you can swim, swim parallel with the shore until you get out of the rip, then swim to shore.
I remember once as a little girl being at the beach barely with my feet in the water not even up to my knees and suddenly my feet and body were pulled out underneath me and I was being sucked into the ocean. Some guy pulled me back out after just a few seconds, but I've never gone back to the ocean since.
toe current is different
My condolences
What a beautiful family oh my 😔
Praying for all who lost their lives and families affected
I have been caught in a rip tide, the sad thing is when your in the situation only then do you realize whatever one is talking about "oh this is what they mean, rip tide, life threatening"... the fear and panic, the. Hopelessness that sets in.... you cant know it unless your in the situation, by then its usually to late.
I called upon the Lord as my wife and children looked on from the shore line and thought as i had thought, i was a gonner... but then i called upon the name of the Lord, and He sent some small waves, and though i had no energy left, he brought be back into the shore... what thankfulness filled my heart!!!
My brother, his wife and I were in a similar situation. At one point my brother and I were together barely managing to stay afloat, absolutely exhausted we called out to Jesus and all three of us were rescued shortly after. Very frightening experience and possibly the closest each of us has been to death but I'm very thankful be to our loving and merciful God! Romans 10:13-15 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Wow. Such a testimony ❤
Lots of people don’t know what to do when they get caught in a rip current. It’s gonna push you way out from the shallow but just swim parallel to the shore and you will eventually find yourself out of the rip current and able to swim back to the shore.
This is so sad😢. Rest In Peace to all of the victims and condolonces to their families and loved ones.
I was in a rip current once. It’s no joke. I’m glad I had a quick lesson on how to look out for them and swim out of one if I was caught. They should do lessons on them, cause it could save lives like it did mine
Lmao they sent reporters to Panama beach for a vacation disguised as on-sight reporting 💀
Man, crazy to think they were just living their life the day before and the next they’re gone
Once there was a massive storm coming or had just left up by NJ and the ocean was pulling all the water out. We didnt go in far at all, but the pull was so insane and scary.
I just got back from destin a few days ago and my friend is in panama city beach right now. When i went in the water the rip current wasnt that strong but it almost made it to where i couldnt get to land because it was pulling me back.
Rest in Peace 🙏🙏🙏
She said Tiffany why did you go in the water knowing it could be deadly????
It was hot 😒😒😒
I was taken in a rip current when I was 21, and I’m a very good swimmer. It took me almost 15 mins to get myself back and I thought I was going to die. It’s really not worth it. Water up to your knees will suck you in
I got dragged down a beach shore by a backwash in California once. It wasn't hard to swim back to land, but it looked like I was 20-30ft under the waves when the current let me go. My back was bloodied from being dragged along the seafloor.
Natural selection really
When I was young, my family went to a beach not too far from this one. My mom was holding me in her arms while she was knee-deep in water. All of a sudden, a huge wave came and swept us both under. As I was drowning, it didn't feel like I was dying, but I had the feeling that I could actually breathe under water. I saw what looked like shark shadows surrounding me. I'm not sure what those were. Suddenly, my mom was able to find me, and she pushed my little feet back to shore. I wouldn't have even believed it if I weren't there.
If u die from a rip current you had no business being in the water
0:33 there's one right there!!! Right in front of the flag actually
We were at Carolina beach Saturday and there were 7 rescues. Apparently there were over 60 this past weekend. We had a little scare and after that did not go back in
That’s so sad :( R.I.P
RIP currents, indeed! My condolences to the bereaved family
Wow never heard of this before
Spring break 1978 I spent at PCB. Never knew about the dangerous currents
Very sad to hear about these deaths.
I got caught in one last year, pulled me out very slowly until I noticed how deep I was and couldn't walk back to shore due to the current. It took a lot of effort to get out of it and to swim back to shore. I remembered to get on top of the water and swim parallel to it to get out of the current, got out and spent the last bit of my vacation inside due to how badly it scared me. I plan to go into the water again, but I will NEVER be going past my waist again.
They said knee height
@@Mscookie3131 true, but I'm used to going past the breakers growing up so it's made me a pretty strong swimmer. In all honesty it seems like it's going to be a lot harder to swim in the ocean given the currents and rip tides seem to be getting more frequent.
Interesting graphic of the rip current with the dye. I had visualized what it looked like but this explains it better.
Report should have included how to swim out of a rip current if you're caught in one
people should really do their research about how water currents work and how strong they can be
wait, so knee deep water could kill you?
Yes, because it will first wash you away to the deeper one
Currents can be strong. They can knock you off your feet and toss you around like a ragdoll or be more tame ... you just never know.
No go test it
If you're caught in a rip current just swim parallel to the beach and swim in. A rip current is just outflowing water that flows back out from the beach at fast speed. Never panic , tread water and stay afloat.
Important to note that almost all if not all these people who died weren’t selfish people ignoring rip current signs. They were people trying to rescue SOMEONE ELSE trapped in a current.
It's a tragic event, but it is simply a reminder that signs and science about rip currents exist for very good reason which become very clear with people choose to ignore it.
I was deep in the ocean and got caught in one without knowing what it was! Luckily I’m a pretty good swimmer, I started to panic!
The beach isn’t dangerous. This is what happens when people ignore warnings, almost anything can become dangerous if you ignore warnings.
a few years back i had a family friend pass from trying to save kids from rips. be safe!
I was pulled too, I was on a tube and was too tired to get back. Few boys helped me get the tube back and swam back with every strength in my body. Don't underestimate nature y'all.
I feel so sorry and so sypzthettic and so condolgegic to all theyre fammillys My most Sincere Sypathy Empathy and Condolgences and My Love and Support go out yo them rest in peace to everybody invilved who died from the rip durrents hopefully theyre in heaven
i went to this beach and also almost drowned in 2018… once minutes i was knee deep and next minute giant waves came trampling high over my head pushing me further out but luckily 2 life guards came to save me and the 2 siblings. i was a kid at the time and had no idea what those red flags meant but im glad i survived
This reminds of the manga author Yu-Gi-Oh! Kazuki Takahashi who drowned in Okinawa while trying to rescue a kid and a U.S officer.. RIP..
I was pulled out once. It was the last time I've been in the ocean and I never will again.
I don't go in the ocean at all because of rip current and sharks I only swim in pools
FYI Double RED FLAG 🚩 🚩 IT Means the WATER IS CLOSED!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep your butt out of the OCEAN!!!
I love how they only spend 3 seconds explaining how a Rip current works.
Surprised you guys didn’t take the opportunity to educate viewers on what to do if you’re in a rip current.
They don't care about saving lives. Reporting on deaths is far more interesting for them.
That’s too much water for me, and too hot down south to be told to stay out. I’ll just stay up north in Minnesota with my calm lake beaches. Have a great summer!
DON'T BLAME THE BEACH AND CALL IT DANGEROUS, BLAME THE STUPIDD PEOPLE WHO DOESN'T LISTEN
Used to scuba dive in California many moons ago and used rips to get out into deeper water. Now 50 yrs later I don’t know if I could be comfortable knowing rips were there . And no matter the skill of a swimmer panic can set in shutting down the simple knowledge to swim parallel and then in. One thing thru didn’t mention was beaches can have multiple rips and then finding the safe corridor in is tougher
Simple answer: don't go out too far.
Like clockwork!
I live in Panama City fl and when I was 6 years old my grandma saved me from a rip current
This reminds me of two friends almost drowned by the current in the documentary.
Calling this beach "The Deadliest Beach in America," will guarantee much more people traveling to swim there.
If I'm around and somebody needs to be rescued I will rescue them
you will die aswell if you don't know how a riptide works
If they were warned, I have no sympathy for them. There is no way anyone can die from a face wash.
My dad works there. Panama City and neighboring cities is the still to this day affected by hurricane Katrina. The city is broken and dirty asf.
Idk why people can't retaliate themselves from following said warnings, guess they learn it the hard way.
People need to listen smh but RIP you 7 beachgoers
12 now. In 10 days.
@@kim0317robably should have read the warning signs. Let me rephrase that…. Probably shouldn’t have ignored the warning signs
Important story people when life guards say something….. listen
It’s really hard to find sympathy for people that completely go against life saving rules. The beach isn’t deadly, the people that don’t listen bring death upon themselves.
real
No it’s really not that hard. They didn’t know how dangerous is was. I wouldn’t wish drowning on anyone.
@@aviiala54 brother…. There’s literally signs for the whole world to see that tell you just how dangerous it is. Hence why it means DO NOT go in the water 🤦🏽♂️ even somebody with brain damage would understand that obviously the water is dangerous enough to not go in if the people responsible of checking if the water is safe puts up a sign saying the water isn’t safe enough to go in 💀💀💀
You righteous rule followers….better hope no unexpected tragedy happens to you 🙄
What a garbage take
This is America, do whatever you want to do.
I didn’t even know what a rip current was
Inside Edition calling it "The Deadliest Beach of America" with their hyper, overly dramatic tabloid type reporting
7 people died in 4weeks… how TF is it over dramatic?
@@simonrangel9522 It's the reporting style I am referring to. The delivery. Inside Edition is incapable of stating the news without dramatizing the emotional aspect of it. This does not mean it isn't sad, it simply means, they find the most heightened headline (tabloid news 101) to draw people in. It's about $$$$$
So what should you do if your ever caught in a rip current?
Don't swim against it, go with the flow. It will eventually stop.
@@stevebeegreat thank you
@@EDAWG47828and swim parallel to the shore. One of the official rules
1st of all, don't try to swim back against it. Relax and float with the current until it releases you. Then look for the waves on either side if you, going towards the beach and swim parallel until you get in front of those waves and then let the waves help push you back to shore. You can't swim against the rip, but you can swim with the waves. But before anything else, watch the flag warnings. Double red flags mean don't even put a toe in the water! Don't do it. If there's double reds and you're hot, go find a pool or an air conditioner! Or pour a bottle of water on your head. But stay out of the sea. We went to Destin, Florida for the 1st time in 2021. It was gorgeous. We were there 10 days. They had red flags every single day. So we used the pool. No way, we're my grandkids getting in that treacherous water!
@@kim0317 Thank you for the advice, Im hoping I won’t need to use it, but it might save me one day,
Went in May and it was so dam bad. I was knocked down. Several times to my knees unexpectedly and I was close to shore in a feet of water.
i got caught in a rip current few years back luckily i can swim, rip to those who lost their lives
Now I'm scared 😢
Is there such thing in Mediterranean sea?
Let people take themselves out. They ignored the flags.
So sad
Wait. So they were warned not to go in, and they did?
The ocean is a scary dangerous place
Just left there 3 weeks ago damn
I prefer Hallandale beach Florida beautiful city good beaches and restaurants.
Deadliest beach? Y’all mf don’t listen to the warning. Only thing that’s “deadliest” is people damn choices they make
Life vests don't cost that much
I'm surprised they didn't mention the *likley* cause of these excess rip currents this season -- the beach restoration project that happened just last year. They pumped tons and tons of sand from the ocean up onto the beach. The sand is not hard packed and allows channels to erode into the sand which causes rip currents. Happens every time they restore the beach.
Congratulations, you just told people what most already know. If a sign says to not go into the water because of the ripcurrents, then dont do it.
Can we just following the rules and listen to warnings...
Watching this at Panama City beach currently
Can you imagine, dying because you’re hot that you absolutely needed to go into the water knowing it’s dangerous. Play stupid games, win stupid prices
Geez, i was swimming there last year