Rip current's kill approximately 60-100 people in the US alone every year, this is because a common response in inexperienced coastal swimmers is to attempt to swim back towards the beach fighting the current and becoming exhausted.
The correct method of escape is to swim at a right angle from the rip current, parallel to the beach.
YSK: How to escape a Rip Current (Rip Tide)
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