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The Walton County Sheriff’s Office closed waters in the county on April 8 after more than a dozen people were pulled from the Gulf of Mexico.
“During these water rescues, the flags stood at single red,” the sheriff’s office wrote on social media on Saturday. “That still indicates that the water was an incredible threat to human life with high surf and strong rip currents.”
Another man, later identified as 55-year-old Kim McGrady, also died by accidental drowning on the same day near the same beach. 11Alive.com reports that a memorial set up for McGrady said that he also died trying to save others while at the beach with his family.
An LSU Student Has Died After Trying To Save Child In Rip Tide
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WAFB-TV has confirmed that a 21-year-old LSU has died after trying to save a child at a beach in Florida last week.
Officials from LSU told WAFB that Layne Gravois, and electrical engineering student at the school, died after he and two others swam to save a boy being pulled under by a rip tide at Miramar Beach, Florida. Nicholls State University also confirmed to the TV station that the other two men were students at their school. Those two were identified by the school as Jordan Servat and Reed Boudreaux, who were both hospitalized after the incident.
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LSU student dies after trying to save boy from rip current in Florida LSU student Layne Gravois, 21, of Gray, La., died after trying to rescue a boy from the waters of Miramar Beach, Fla. on April 8, 2021. (Source: Facebook) By WAFB Staff | April 13, 2021 at 12:49 PM CDT - Updated April 13 at 2:18 PM
MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. (WAFB) - An LSU student died and two Nicholls State University students were hurt after trying to save a young boy from a rip current in the Gulf of Mexico during a spring break trip last week in Florida.
Deputies with the Walton County Sheriff’s Office reported Thursday, April 8 a 21-year-old male \was recovered from the waters in Miramar Beach, Fla. and later died.