US EditionFather of 3 Drowns After Rescuing Multiple People From Rip Current at South Carolina Island
PAWLEYS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, JUL 16 – Anderson 'Chase' Childers, 38, drowned after rescuing five swimmers caught in a strong rip current, with officials confirming all five were saved before his death.
- On Sunday afternoon, 38-year-old Anderson Chase Childers drowned off Pawleys Island, South Carolina, after rescuing several swimmers caught in a rip current.
- The incident followed a 4:45 p.m. call reporting five swimmers in distress near Shell Road Ocean, prompting Childers and another person to enter the water to help.
- Childers, who worked as a Cobb County police officer for more than three years, was honored with a lifetime achievement award in recognition of his efforts to save numerous lives before being pulled under by a strong rip current.
- Police recovered Childers' body around 6:15 p.m., and fundraiser organizer Jordan Wicker thanked everyone for their heartfelt support and kind thoughts for Childers’ wife and three children during this difficult time.
- Childers’ family and community remember him as a hero for his courage and selflessness, underscoring the need for public awareness of rip current dangers and safety measures.
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Father drowns after saving 5 people from rip current in South Carolina
STOCK IMAGE/Getty Images (PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C.) — A Georgia father drowned after saving five people from a rip current at a beach in South Carolina, according to the Pawleys Island Police Department. At approximately 4:45 p.m. on Sunday, police received a call for “multiple swimmers in distress” in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, and once on the scene, they discovered one person was missing and a “search was initiated.” Then at approximately 6:1…
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Father of 3 drowns after rescuing multiple people from rip current at South Carolina island
PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. (WCBD) – A Georgia father who died on South Carolina's Pawleys Island over the weekend had helped save multiple swimmers in distress from a rip current before drowning, authorities have confirmed. Anderson "Chase" Childers, 38, was a husband, father of three, and former police officer. He was vacationing on Pawleys Island, a place he and his family visited multiple times a year, when another family got caught in a rip curren…
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