An estimated 100 people are killed each year by rip currents, which drag swimmers away from shore Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

A Pennsylvania couple drowned in a rip current while vacationing in Florida this week, leaving their six children orphans. Brian Warter, 51, and Erica Wishard, 48, were swimming in the surf on ...