TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WSAV) – It was a busy day on Tybee Island on Saturday as the Tybee Island Ocean Rescue team saved a man from drowning.
During the afternoon, immediately after clearing from a jet ski response for the rescue of a paddle boarder stuck in the marsh on Little Tybee, lifeguards were flagged down near 19th St. for another victim in distress.
According to the rescue team, a 19-year-old male was caught in a rip current just north of the 18th St. jetty, pulled 100 yards out, drifted south with the current, then caught in another rip current at 19th St., pulling him over 300 yards out total…