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Swimmer Dies Saving Child From Rip Current in South Carolina
Authorities said the good Samaritan was pulled under while helping the girl, and the U.S. Coast Guard joined the search.
- A swimmer entered the water near 10th Avenue South on Friday to rescue a young girl caught in a rip current but was pulled underwater and later found dead, according to The Myrtle Beach Police Department.
- Authorities noted that lifeguards had gone off duty by the time the girl became trapped in the rip current just before 8 p.m., leaving the area without professional supervision during the incident.
- Search efforts involving the Myrtle Beach Police Department, Myrtle Beach Fire Department, and Coast Guard continued into Saturday morning until the swimmer's body washed ashore at 1:00 p.m.
- Authorities clarified in an editor's note that an individual previously reported as hospitalized was not the girl involved; her condition remains unknown.
- Myrtle Beach officials have not released further details regarding the incident, though the department indicated more information will be shared once it becomes available.
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