Dad drowns saving three daughters from rip current

ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. — Authorities say a father from Tennessee drowned after trying to save his three daughters from a rip current off the North Carolina coast.

The Atlantic Beach Fire Department said in a news release that someone in a passing boat was able to save the girls Monday afternoon, but could not rescue 35-year-old Rick Brown before he lost consciousness.

Paramedics attempted CPR on Brown, but could not resuscitate him. Brown was on vacation from Piney Flats, Tenn.