A spreading of the ashes ceremony for a deceased family member almost turned tragic on May 21 in Corolla, North Carolina. One of the family members in attendance got caught in a rip current at the beach, but survived thanks to a local surfer. Dennis Kane, 71, his daughter Shannon Kane Smith, and another 40 family members gathered to spread the ashes of his deceased daughter, Kerry Kane, into the sea. Kerry, who died a year earlier at age 41, had been fond of the Outer Banks beach; and the family chose it as her final resting place. Her ashes were contained in a biodegradable urn, which was to be dropped to the ocean floor. “That is when my dad, my sister Kelsey, my sister Lauren and I walked into the ocean with the urn,” Shannon told ABC. After several minutes at the beach, though, the tide started getting rough and …