Duluth Fire Department responded to its second water emergency within a week.
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A 20-year-old St. Paul woman is recovering after she was pulled away from shore by a rip current along Park Point near the Beach House Wednesday evening.
The Duluth Fire Department responded to a report of a person pulled underwater by a rip current shortly after 7 p.m., according to a report from the DFD. Bystanders had grabbed a life ring and were able to assist the woman back to shore. By the time first responders from the fire department, police department and St. Louis County Rescue Squad arrived at the scene, the woman was already on the shore.