Overview
- Ryan Jennings, 46, of North Yarmouth, Maine, died after pulling two of his children from a rip current at Juno Beach on Wednesday.
- Palm Beach County Fire Rescue said Ocean Rescue lifeguards brought four people to shore and three were taken to a hospital.
- The family was in an unguarded stretch of beach, and an off-duty Palm Beach County Fire Rescue member helped with the rescue.
- Friends created a GoFundMe to support his wife, Emily, who is pregnant, and their three children.
- Officials said low tide and onshore winds matched conditions that favor rip currents, which can form fast-moving channels that carry swimmers away from shore.