As parents watched a handful of young baseball players from a Glen Burnie team enjoy the surf Thursday near Myrtle Beach, S.C., the unthinkable happened.

Two boys were whisked away by a rip current, vanishing beneath the water. Quick thinking teammates rescued one, but the other, a 13-year-old from Baltimore County, apparently drowned.

Horry County Police were still searching late yesterday for the body of Lonnie Hill of Woodlawn, who was on the beach at about 12:40 p.m. with other members of Greater Glen Burnie Patriots when he was pulled under.

"My daughter was out there and she said he was right next to her one minute...