Search ensues for swimmer off Fla.’s east coast

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — The Coast Guard is searching for a swimmer who got caught in a rip current off Florida’s Atlantic coast.The Coast Guard says 26-year-old Surendra Sri Thakur and a cousin were swimming Sunday in the Avalon State Park area in Fort Pierce when rough surf and a rip current pulled them apart.A good Samaritan on a surf board … (more)

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