Two Brown University students were rescued after unsuccessfully trying to swim across Narragansett Bay from Barrington to Warwick. The Providence Journal reported that Ashley Whaley, 18, and Katherine Murphy, 20, told police they were walking on a beach on the east side of the bay Sunday when they decided to swim to Conimicut Point lighthouse. Partway there, they realized the lighthouse was farther away than they thought. Murphy turned back, while Whaley kept going. Murphy began calling for help when the current began sweeping her into the Providence River. People on shore heard and she was rescued by a kayaker amid dense fog. A few hours later, searchers found Whaley.