On Tuesday at 3:22 a.m. the National Weather Service released a rip current statement valid from 7 a.m. until Wednesday 7 a.m. for Mobile and Baldwin counties.

Andrew Smith says he was fishing on Pensacola Beach, Florida, when he saw a swimmer struggling in a rip current about 100 yards offshore.

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