The widow of a man who drowned off the north end of Pawleys Island last month met at Town Hall with members of the family her husband was trying to rescue from a rip current.
“It was a good moment for us to reflect and pivot on things that we can do to increase the safety of our visitors and beachgoers,” Town Administrator Dan Newquist said. He sat in along with Police Chief Mike Fanning who facilitated the meeting.
The conversation helped the town design signs that went up on the north end two weeks after the death of Chase Childers warning of rip currents. He was visiting the beach with his family. His death followed the drowning in June of John Young, who was also visiting the island when he was caught in a rip current near the Shell Road beach access…