Overview
- Emily Jennings shared a public Facebook tribute to her husband, calling him a "real life angel" and remembering his death as heroic.
- A Juno Beach police report says Ryan Jennings entered the ocean to rescue two children, officers pulled him to shore and began CPR, and he was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
- Palm Beach County Fire Rescue said Ocean Rescue lifeguards initiated a water rescue, brought four people to shore, and transported three to a local hospital.
- Officials said the group was outside a lifeguarded area and that low tide and an east wind pointed to rip-current risk, underscoring advice to choose guarded beaches.
- In her post, Emily described his past medical crisis, addiction to pain medicine, recovery, and later work helping others overcome addiction.