Heroic Maine father dies saving his children from rip current during Florida family vacation

Source: New York Post

A heroic father from Maine was killed while he rescued two of his children who were caught in a strong rip current during a family trip to Florida. Ryan Jennings, 46, from Cumberland County, was visiting his parents in South Florida with his wife and their three children when the tragedy occurred. The family had traveled to Palm Beach County’s Juno Beach on Wednesday afternoon when Jennings noticed his 12-year-old stepson and 9-year-old daughter struggling in the water and raced to save them, his grieving wife, Emily, wrote in a heartbreaking tribute to Facebook.