Dozens form human chain to rescue drowning family caught in riptide off Florida beach

Up to 80 strangers on a Florida beach formed human chain to rescue nine people, six of them from one family, who had been caught in a riptide and pulled too far from shore.

Roberta Ursrey and her family were enjoying their day at Panama City Beach when she noticed her sons were missing, the Panama City News Herald reported. She went looking for them and soon heard them screaming as they were trapped by the current.