re: LSU student dies after trying to save boy from rip current in Florida

My kids hate it and they are the only kids on the beach wearing pfds.... But I know I'm not strong enough of a swimmer to help them I make them wear one and we monitor the flags religiously.

I even bring a good float with me should I need to snag it to get to them.

I refuse to lose them to something like that. There are pools at the hotel and if the weather is too bad we just stay at the pool. I was really quickly swept off my feet and out before I knew wtf was going on and likely only lucked out with my height and the fact I was able to dig into a sand bar right off the surf to keep upright and next to shore in Galveston.

Never again.

Bless that young man and his family.