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Hope is the thing with feathers.
Dozens and dozens of people at a Florida beach are being hailed as heroes for rescuing a Florida mother and her family from drowning.
Roberta Ursey of Panama City was at the beach Saturday with her family when her two sons, ages 8 and 11, got stuck in a riptide out in the ocean.
“They were screaming and crying. They were stuck. They couldn’t go nowhere,” she told CBS6.
Ursey, her mother, her husband and a few other people went out to try and rescue the two young boys but they all got stuck in the riptide.
"I honestly thought I was going to lose my family that day," she told the Panama City News Herald. "It was like, 'Oh God, this is how I'm going.'"
That's when beachgoer Jessica Simmons grabbed a boogie board and headed out to water to help the struggling family as her husband started a human chain with other people on the beach.
According to the outlet, 80 people, some standing in water up to their necks, helped form the chain.
"It was the most remarkable thing to see," Simmons said. "These people who don't even know each other and they trust each other that much to get them to safety."
Simmons and other rescuers were able to tow each family member to the human chain, who then pulled them all to the shore.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...in-save-fla-family-drowning-article-1.3317772
Roberta Ursey of Panama City was at the beach Saturday with her family when her two sons, ages 8 and 11, got stuck in a riptide out in the ocean.
“They were screaming and crying. They were stuck. They couldn’t go nowhere,” she told CBS6.
Ursey, her mother, her husband and a few other people went out to try and rescue the two young boys but they all got stuck in the riptide.
"I honestly thought I was going to lose my family that day," she told the Panama City News Herald. "It was like, 'Oh God, this is how I'm going.'"
That's when beachgoer Jessica Simmons grabbed a boogie board and headed out to water to help the struggling family as her husband started a human chain with other people on the beach.
According to the outlet, 80 people, some standing in water up to their necks, helped form the chain.
"It was the most remarkable thing to see," Simmons said. "These people who don't even know each other and they trust each other that much to get them to safety."
Simmons and other rescuers were able to tow each family member to the human chain, who then pulled them all to the shore.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...in-save-fla-family-drowning-article-1.3317772
