A Pennsylvania couple drowned in a rip current while on vacation in Florida with their six children, according to authorities.
A Pennsylvania couple drowned in a rip current while on vacation in Florida with their six children, according to authorities.
Think of it like a river. If you were getting washed away down a river, would you try to save yourself by swimming up river to where you were? No, you swim to the bank and make your way back from there.
A rip current is just a river in the ocean.
Edit: meant to reply to Not_Rick