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I survived a dangerous rip current by floating - here's what people should know to stay alive

Euan Gray (22) and his brother Andrew (19) survived a 2025 rip current at Tynemouth's Longsands Beach by using the RNLI's Float to Live technique; now, Euan is fronting the charity's annual water safety campaign to promote this life-saving method, while the brothers run daily half marathons in May 2026 to mark the anniversary and raise funds for the RNLI. The RNLI advises those caught in rip currents to float instead of panicking or swimming against the flow, noting competent swimmers should swim parallel to shore to escape, and reports that 84% of 2024 accidental drowning fatalities were male, with men aged 20-29 being the highest risk group.