Sad news – a former NFL quarterback died Tuesday in an apparent drowning in the Gulf Coast:
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Mallett, 35, was swimming in the ocean in Destin, Florida, Tuesday afternoon when he and several other people began, Okaloosa County authorities said in a press release obtained by CNN. He went underwater before being pulled out by lifeguards, the release added, and he died at a nearby hospital. Nine people have died this month in rip currents in a single county in the Florida Panhandle, and two more in a neighboring county. The deaths have devastated families and, along with rescue after rescue, strained first responders and frustrated local law enforcement.-Nine of the deaths were in the Panama City Beach area on the Gulf of Mexico in Bay County, Florida, according to the county sheriff’s office.-Two other deaths happened in neighboring Walton County in the same time period.
-"These same heroes, who have risked it all to save others, have been cursed and given the finger, while trying to warn visitors of the life-threatening dangers. We have used the tools provided by the county commission to fine violators $500 for entering the water on double red flags. We don’t have the resources or time to cite every single person that enters the water, but we do our absolute best to use it as a deterrent to keep them from entering the water.
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