Some good news - Dozens of strangers form human chain to rescue swimmers at Florida beach

[underpants]

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. -- Strangers on a Florida beach formed an 80-person human chain to rescue nine members of family who had been caught in a riptide and pulled too far from shore.

Others warned her not to go in the water, but Ursrey, her mother and five other family members swam to the boys' aid, but then found themselves also trapped in 15-feet of water.

"These people are not drowning today," Simmons remembers telling herself. "It's not happening. We are going to get them out." Simmons, her husband and some others then towed the family to the chain, which passed them back to shore.

Ursrey's mother suffered a major heart attack during the ordeal and remains hospitalized. A nephew suffered a broken hand. Otherwise, everyone was safe.

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Alas, my dear underpants..........your link doesn't work!

I can't read the story.

[herding cats]

2. Here's one for you.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/panama-city-beach-strangers-human-chain-rescue-swimmers-florida/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Ah, much better! I thank you!

[underpants]

5. Thanks

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. Try this, Peggy

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/panama-city-beach-strangers-human-chain-rescue-swimmers-florida/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Thanks!

It works!

[Blue_Tires]

4. That's my kind of Florida story!

[niyad]

6. I just read this in lbn--but glad to see it here as well. nice to remind ourselves (when it

seems otherwise), that there really are decent, wonderful people out there.

[Ilsa]

8. As beautiful as the beach is in Panama City,

the water gets deep pretty quickly, IIRC. I prefer a more gently sloping shelf with occasional sand bars.

[Baitball Blogger]

10. And it happened in Florida.

Must have been a human chain of ferners.