One Dead 72 People Rescued In OBX Waters
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Updated: 8:47 PM Jul 19, 2008
One Dead 72 People Rescued In OBX Waters
One unidentified man died on the beach, and rescuers pulled 72 people from the surf along the northern Outer Banks as strong rip currents made swimming treacherous.
Posted: 7:51 PM Jul 18, 2008
Reporter: Dave Jordan
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One unidentified man died on the beach, and rescuers pulled 72 people from the surf along the northern Outer Banks as strong rip currents made swimming treacherous.

The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk reported that Duck Surf Rescue
Manager Mirek Dabowski said beaches were crowded on the six miles
of shoreline his personnel covers. He said that of the estimated
5,000 people on the beach on Thursday, up to 1,000 went in the
water.

Dabowski also said there were at least another 2,200 beachgoers
on the four miles of Southern Shores that Duck covers, which
accounted for 13 of the rescues.

Dabowski said it wasn't clear if the one death was swimming
related.

Nags Head Ocean Rescue helped 13 people from the water Thursday
and decided to post warning flags.

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Posted by: Resident Location: IBX on Jul 20, 2008 at 06:32 PM

Water can be very dangerous. Red flags are posted for a reason. Be careful. Mother Nature has no favorites!!! This is about as sad as all the cars I saw on the side of the road this past weekend _ STUCK IN THE SAND! Don't drive your cars in sand you will get stuck. Don't swim with red flag alerts--warning! DANGER~!!!
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Posted by: Tim Location: winterville on Jul 19, 2008 at 08:47 PM

thanks David,, thats pretty much straight up!!!!
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Posted by: Anonymous on Jul 19, 2008 at 09:23 AM

idiots. warnings are given for a reason
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