swimming classes. Just teaching them to go with the flow and then swim parallel to the shore before swimming back to shore would save countless swimmers that travel to oceanside locations. There are even some pools (not many) that have machines that will simulate in a swimming lane a riptide and at those pools, they have a class to teach the kids to wait until they are not being pushed out to sea, then swim parallel to the side of the pool, then when no resistance they then swim towards the side of the pool (or land). Feeling the water pull you out is unforgettable and hopefully even just going through what to do in that type of situation would be enough to help some of these kids and adults from drowning.

I was caught in a minor riptide but I've had a lot of swimming experience and once I realized what was going on it didn't take long to
figure it out and get back to shore. The problem with a bigger rip is it's much scarier and it could pull you quite a ways. However, regardless of being calm, not pushing back toward shore is the key and then when you don't feel the pull pushing you out to sea that's when you start swimming parallel to the shore until you've gone a few hundred yards then head back if you feel no resistance heading into shore. It's big-time scary however if you have knowledge of what to do it makes surviving that type of situation much more likely. Always respect the ocean!

I'm so sorry for your brother's family loss. I can't even imagine. Hopefully, they find the younger boy.