Tim Risner, 49, of Portsmouth, Ohio, was at the beach with his family at the end of Liberator Way in Hatteras Village on the afternoon of July 1st. According to witnesses, Risner was swimming with his niece when both were caught in a rip current. Risner’s brother-in-law was able to get his daughter back to the beach, and two vacationing firefighter/EMT’s went to help Risner. When they reached his location, though, he was face down in the water. Risner was brought back to shore, where CPR was begun by the firefighters, a nurse, and a physician’s assistant. Dare County paramedics arrived and took over from them. With the concurrence of the medical examiner, they pronounced him dead a short time later.Ranger Jamie Sanders investigated this incident for the NPS.
