Columbia father drowns while trying to save daughter, who also perishes

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When the riptide swept away a 15-year-old girl in Ocean City, her father, Douglas Martin, made a heroic effort to save her, but the current claimed both of their lives.

“They were out for a quick dip in the ocean. They were only thigh-high. A second later, they were swept out. Douglas had actually been in a place of safety, when he turned around to save his children,” said Douglas Martin?s sister-in-law, Karen Bassler.

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