Updated: 9:45 AM PDT, April 15, 2021
Layne Gravois, of Louisiana, was part of a human chain dozens of people long that was formed to try to save a child who was caught in a dangerous riptide. The chain broke about 50 people down the line. He was rushed to a hospital, but could not be saved.
A 21-year old Louisiana college student drowned while trying to rescue a child from a dangerous rip tide while he was vacationing with friends in Florida on Spring Break.
The tragedy took place at Miramar Beach on April 8. The Walton County Sheriff’s closed waters in the county after more than a dozen people were pulled from the Gulf of Mexico that day due to extremely dangerous conditions of high surf and riptides, according to a statement from the Walton County Sheriff’s Department.
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LSU student dies trying to rescue boys from rip current at Florida beach
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MIRAMAR BEACH - An LSU student on spring break in Florida drowned after trying to rescue two people from a rip current.
WWL-TV reports 21-year-old Layne Gravois of Gray was on a trip April 8 with two Nicholls State University students in Miramar Beach when they spotted the boy in distress and tried to help.
Family members said Gravois was pulled from the water but later died. The other two students were also hurt in the rescue.
Multiple outlets are reporting that a student from LSU died trying to help rescue a young boy from rip currents in the Gulf of Mexico. According to our media partners at KATC-TV3, two Nicholls State University students were injured in the rescue efforts.
See the report from our media partners @KATCTV3 on Twitter below.
According to the above report, the incident happened off of Miramar Beach, FL and was not an isolated incident, as rip currents have pushed local rescue authorities to their limits in recent days.
The 21-year-old, Layne Gravois, was taken from the water off of the beach and later died according to deputies of the Walton County Sheriff s Office. The above report adds that two more men, who attend Nicholls State University, were hospitalized as they were trying to assist in the rescue of the young boy.
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