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Georgia couple rescued after getting caught in rip current

The couple was OK.

BAY COUNTY, Fla. — A Georgia couple had to be rescued from the waters along the Florida panhandle after getting caught in a rip current, reports say.

According to the NBC affiliate in Panama City Beach, it happened Sunday between Moonspinner and Treasure Island.

Reports say the Bay County Sheriff's Office's air unit dropped a flotation device to the couple, and used it to pull the woman back to shore. The man was rescued by a bystander on a jet ski.

EMS did respond to the scene, but the couple declined medical care. 

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