Leatherback turtle Riptide swims an incredible 7,000 miles in 7 months
A mother turtle has caught the attention of researchers with her remarkable journey of 7,000 miles over seven months, swimming from Panama to the North Atlantic and back to Florida. The female Caribbean leatherback turtle, named Riptide, was tagged and released near Panama on May 22nd. Since then, the Sea Turtle Conservancy, based in Gainesville, […]
Brave Father of Three Dies While Saving Others from Riptide ‘He Did Not Think Twice’
Tragic Loss of Three Fathers in South Carolina The recent deaths of three fathers off the coast of South Carolina have left a community in mourning. Anderson “Chase” Childers, a 38-year-old former police officer and baseball player from Dallas, Georgia, was vacationing on Pawleys Island when tragedy struck. Reports indicate that he, along with another […]
Teen girls, 13 and 14, — including Olympic-hopeful — rescue UK couple from riptide in Barbados
Earlier this month, two teenage girls, including one who had dreamed of swimming in the Olympics, jumped into dangerous rapids to rescue a British couple who had nearly drowned on a beach in Barbados. Emma Basserman, 14, and Zoe Ireland-Meklensek, 13, are credited with saving the lives of Belinda and Robert Stone, the latter of […]
Mother’s plea after dad-of-6 tragically drowns in riptide
The shocked mother of a father of six who drowned while trying to save his son on a beach in Australia's New South Wales state has urged families not to swim at unsupervised beaches. Central Coast resident Michael Sneddon, a father of six, was with his 10-year-old son Cody at Ettalong Beach, about 164 feet […]