Did Tim take Jackson out into the waves with only arm floaties on?
Yup. And by the looks of it, they were pretty far out.
For those of you that aren't from Florida, we've had 11 drowning deaths in the Gulf of Mexico in the past few weeks because of rip currents, including an NFL player. Mostly north of here, in the panhandle, but it happens here every year. Those choppy waters aren't something to mess with. I know that Tim was a ghetto lifeguard and all, but if he got pulled away from J$, it would have been a bad situation.
I am going to add--looking quickly at the video, it looks like Tim and J$ are in the section of the beach that does not have lifeguards. I can't tell 100% for sure, but I think the last lifeguard tower is at the pavilion with the cafe in that area, the rest of the towers are south of there. They are on the beach way north of that area, near the rental house.