A vacationing firefighter from New York state is being credited with saving three girls who were caught in a rip current off the North Carolina coast. The 50-year-old O'Gorman says the girls' mother called 911, but he decided not to wait. O'Gorman used a special technique to reach the girls, and said by the time rescue personnel arrived, all were back on shore. The rescue comes two days after a 4-year-old boy was swept out to sea from a Kitty Hawk beach. ———Information from: The Charlotte Observer, http://www.charlotteobserver.com

Source: ABC News April 27, 2018 20:03 UTC