Former pro baseball player dies trying to save swimmers off South Carolina

A erstwhile nonrecreational shot subordinate and begetter of 3 died portion trying to prevention swimmers from a rip existent disconnected the seashore of South Carolina connected Sunday, authorities said.

Chase Childers, who was concisely signed by the Baltimore Orioles, entered the h2o astir 4:45 p.m. to assistance a radical of 4 oregon 5 swimmers arsenic they struggled against the existent disconnected Pawleys Island, a coastal municipality astir 45 minutes southbound of Myrtle Beach by car, according to the Pawleys Island Police Department.

"He died trying to prevention others," the constabulary section said of Childers, who had gone into the water with different person.

Childers was the lone swimmer missing erstwhile authorities arrived astatine the scene, according to police. Around 6:15 p.m., aft a hunt by officers, occurrence officials and members of the U.S. Coast Guard, his assemblage was recovered.

Childers was a Major League Baseball subordinate drafted to the Baltimore Orioles successful 2009, according to the league. He went connected to play insignificant league shot earlier aboriginal serving for respective years arsenic a constabulary serviceman successful Cobb County, Georgia, according to a GoFundMe run created to enactment Childers' family.

Rip currents are almighty channels of h2o that travel rapidly and are often seen on each coasts of the United States, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration writes connected its website, noting that these currents tin determination astatine speeds of up to 8 feet per second.

Swimmers hazard drowning erstwhile they combat against rip currents portion trying to instrumentality to shore, according to NOAA. The National Weather Service warns that they are the deadliest and astir communal hazard swimmers look successful waters disconnected North and South Carolina.

"The Town is saddened by the study of the drowning implicit the weekend. We commune for the household members and connection our condolences," wrote Pawleys Island Mayor Brian Henry successful a societal media post, acknowledging reports that suggested a rip existent caused the drowning.

He said the municipality "urges caution erstwhile entering the h2o astatine immoderate clip and alertness of the ocean's currents, peculiarly during precocious surf." A municipality assembly successful Pawleys Island volition measure ways to trim the risks of aboriginal drownings, including by educating tourists astir rip currents and the imaginable threats they pose, Henry added.

"While Pawleys Island beaches are consistently rated arsenic immoderate of the champion connected the full East Coast, we would similar them to beryllium known arsenic the safest arsenic well," helium added.

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