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Girl, 13, Pulled From Maywood Pool Girl, 13, Pulled From Maywood Pool
Girl, 13, Pulled From Maywood Pool A 13-year-old girl was pulled from the municipal pool in Maywood on Labor Day, police said. A lifeguard quickly got to the drowning teen, witnesses said. The good news: She was alert and conscious when EMS took her to Hackensack University Medical Center, Maywood Police Detective Sgt. William Phayre said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Boy, 6, Drowns In Wildwood Hotel Pool Boy, 6, Drowns In Wildwood Hotel Pool
Boy, 6, Drowns In Wildwood Hotel Pool A 6-year-old boy drowned in a Wildwood hotel pool over the Fourth of July weekend. Police responded to Beachside Resort on Atlantic Avenue for a possible drowning with CPR in progress around 6:30 p.m. July 3, the Wildwood police and fire departments said in a joint police. One police officer and firefighters resumed life-saving efforts on the boy, before he was taken to Cape Regional Medical Center. He was pronounced dead after medical staff were unable to revive him at the hospital, police said. It was unclear if a lifeguard was present at the time of the incident. “We are…

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by Cecilia Levine
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15-Year-Old Swimmer Missing On Jersey Shore 15-Year-Old Swimmer Missing On Jersey Shore
15-Year-Old Swimmer Missing On Jersey Shore The search for a 15-year-old boy who was swept away Sunday while swimming with his sister on the Jersey Shore has been postponed until Monday morning, authorities said. Josiah Jeremiah Robison of Ewing and his sister appeared to have been caught up in a rip current while in Brighton Avenue Beach near Newark and Ocean avenues around 2:45 p.m., Spring Lake Police Chief Edward Kerr said. A bystander in the water and lifeguards were able to reach Josiah's sister and get her to the shore safely, Kerr said. A four-hour search for Josiah by nearly 80 lifeguards and several law enforcement agencie…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Drowning Swimmer Revived At Hackensack High-Rise Pool Drowning Swimmer Revived At Hackensack High-Rise Pool
Drowning Swimmer Revived At Hackensack High-Rise Pool A lifeguard pulled a drowning man from a pool at a Hackensack high-rise Saturday afternoon, authorities said. The lifeguard at the Prospect Place Apartments on Prospect Avenue began CPR, and got a pulse, before responding city police officers took over, Lt. James Smith said. The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center following the 4 p.m. call, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco