Beachgoers form incredible
human chain to save drowning family
This is the incredible moment
strangers on a beach formed a human chain to save a drowning
family caught in a riptide in the Gulf of Mexico.
Dozens of beachgoers, including some who couldn’t
swim, joined together and linked arms to help nine people, including two
young children, swept away by the powerful offshore current.
Around 70-80 people were involved in the dramatic
rescue effort on a busy Panama City Beach in Florida on July 8.
Jessica Simmons, a strong swimmer who jumped in to
help, along with her husband, initially assumed there was a shark in the water
before she realised people were drowning.
“Some people started gathering people on the beach
to form a human chain,” she said.
Question:
How far out to sea were the family? Give an upper bound and a lower bound.
