VB rescue teams save 3 from rip current near rocks

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — On Sunday down at the 1st Street Jetty at Rudee Inlet, crews fought back against fierce rip currents and 15-to-20 mile-per-hour winds.  Luckily no one was seriously injured, but as it was going on, no one was really sure what would happen.  Thanks to the Virginia Beach Fire Department we have pictures of the harrowing rescue, where people in the water had to fight against current to stop from washing up on the rocky jetty.  3 rescued from First Street Jetty in VB (Photo Courtesy: Virginia Beach Fire Department) 3 rescued from First Street Jetty in VB (Photo Courtesy: Virginia Beach Fire Department) 3 rescued from First Street Jetty in VB (Photo Courtesy: Virginia Beach Fire Department) 3 rescued from First Street Jetty in VB (Photo Courtesy: Virginia Beach Fire Department) 3 rescued from First Street Jetty in VB (Photo Courtesy: Virginia Beach Fire Department) 3 rescued from First Street Jetty in VB (Photo Courtesy: Virginia Beach Fire Department) 3 rescued from First Street Jetty in VB (Photo Courtesy: Virginia Beach Fire Department) 3 rescued from First Street Jetty in VB (Photo Courtesy: Virginia Beach Fire Department) 3 rescued from First Street Jetty in VB (Photo Courtesy: Virginia Beach Fire Department) 3 rescued from First Street Jetty in VB (Photo Courtesy: Virginia Beach Fire Department) 'There is a permanent rip current, and when you get a northeast wind that is blowing 15-20 like it did Sunday, and with surf that was three to five foot going straight against the rocks, that rip is moving as fast as you can see it.