Jessica Embry, a high school orchestra teacher, is credited with helping save the children s lives.
Credit: New Hanover County Schools Author: 10TV Web Staff Updated: 1:30 PM EDT April 20, 2021
KURE BEACH, N.C. An Ohio University graduate, who was a North Carolina orchestra teacher, died after saving two children who were struggling in the ocean.
Police in Kure Beach, just south of Wilmington said they received calls about two children caught in a rip current in the ocean on Sunday around 5:45 p.m.
Jessica Embry was one of several bystanders who went into the ocean to bring the children to shore.