Pulliam said: “A week ago I lost my big brother but I gained an angel. I love you… I miss you.”

A police chief in Costa Rica maintains that Malcolm-Jamar Warner, 54, was trying to save his daughter, who was also in the water, at the time of his drowning.

“If you get caught in a rip current number one is: don’t panic. Allow the rip current to take you offshore until it weakens,” Dr. John R. Fletemeyer, a 30-year aquatics professional focused on drowni...