Hero father helps rescue two teens from rip currents at Lake Worth beach

Rip current kills one and leaves two injured at Lake Worth beach

A 17-year-old teenager and two others were injured after they were caught in a rip current at Lake Worth Beach in Florida.

Andrew Mannino helped rescue the teenagers after he switched his plans to go to Juno Beach and went to Lake Worth because it was less crowded. “It ended up being really packed, so we ended up coming to Lake Worth, close to home,” Mannino recalled.

He was relaxing on the beach when he noticed the teenagers were struggling in the ocean. “All of a sudden, I hear someone from behind them say, ‘Hey, I think they are drowning,’” Mannino said.

The father knew that he had to do something. “I didn’t even think about it. I just went. I have kids,” Mannino stated. He helped two make it back to shore while two others managed to escape the rip current on their own. One passed away.

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Although I mentioned this incident before, I wanted to recognize the hero father who assisted with the rescue.

I learned to swim at the Lake Worth beach when I was a kid and got caught in a riptide. Instinctively, I relaxed and went with the flow and soon got out of it.