Parents Of 6 Kids Drown In Rip Current During Florida Vacation

Two of the couple's teens tried to save their parents, "but it became too dangerous and they were forced to swim ashore," according to local authorities.

A Pennsylvania couple drowned this week after getting caught in a rip current while on vacation in Florida with their six kids.

Brian Warter, 51, and Erica Wishard, 48, were swimming at a beach on Hutchinson Island on Thursday when the parents and two of their teenage kids got caught in the deadly rip current, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

The teenagers attempted to save their parents, “but it became too dangerous and they were forced to swim ashore,” according to the sheriff’s office.

Rip currents are localized currents that flow away from the shoreline and out toward the ocean, typically moving at speeds of 1 to 2 feet per second but sometimes more, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

After finding Warter and Wishard, Martin County Ocean Rescue performed CPR on the couple onshore. The two were then taken a hospital where they were pronounced dead.