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.