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Two people lost their lives on Wednesday after drowning in the waters off of North Carolina’s Oak Island, according to reports.
Oak Island Water Rescue wrote on Facebook the same day that it, Oak Island Police Department, Brunswick County EMS and Southport FD EMS had been dispatched for a drowning near the Trott St. beach access in the vicinity of the Oak Island Pier shortly after 1:30 p.m. ET.
In the moments following the dispatch, Oak Island Water Rescue said that the Brunswick County C-Com 911 center reported one person had been removed from the water and that medical care was being given on the beach, while a second person was missing.
The Oak Island Fire Department and Brunswick County EMS gave “advanced life support medical care” to the patient on the beach while Oak Island Water Rescue simultaneously launched a search effort to locate the missing individual.
The agency launched a drone, spoke with witnesses, surveilled the surf using binoculars and deployed a search team in the surf zone.
The Town of Oak Island launched a second drone and boats in the water, including the Oak Island Water Rescue’s surf launch Boat 4491, the U.S. Coast Guard Station Oak Island’s 47’ Motor Life Boat and boats with the NC Marine Patrol and BCSO Marine Patrol, began to run search patterns in the area and locations east and west of the scene.
In an aerial search, BSCO’s “Air 1” helicopter flew overhead and a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter responded from Air Station Savannah.
The second person was then located and put in the care of local EMS after hours had passed.
“If you’re headed to the beaches Friday and this weekend, please be advised that life-threatening surf and rips currents are expected during this time due to swells from tropical storm Henri,” the National Weather Service (NWS) in Raleigh wrote on Facebook.
The NWS advises beachgoers to check water conditions before entering, swim at beaches with lifeguards and not make assumptions about the weather as “rip currents often form on calm, sunny days.”
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