For the second time in a week, another off-duty Firefighter has died trying to save swimmers caught in a rip current.
Banks County (GA) Fire Captain Richie Alford, who was vacationing in Panama City Beach, sprung into action yesterday when he spotted two people struggling in the surf.
He did not return to the shore. The swimmers he tried to assist survived. That section of beach did not have lifeguards.
His death comes less than a week after off-duty FDNY Firefighter Mark Batista drowned while trying to save his daughter, also caught in a rip current. She survived but he gave his life. There were no lifeguards on duty at the time.
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