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Troopers Rescue 11 Boaters Sinking Off Jersey Shore Troopers Rescue 11 Boaters Sinking Off Jersey Shore
Troopers Rescue 11 Boaters Sinking Off Jersey Shore Eleven passengers in a sinking boat were rescued by New Jersey State Police. On Aug. 14, several troopers rescued the passengers from the 21-foot boat in Point Pleasant. At 4:24 p.m., Sergeant First Class Christopher Kochman, along with Troopers Michael Sugzda, Kristofer Buonomo, Francis Morris, and Luke Drazdik of Point Pleasant Station observed a vessel in distress in the Point Pleasant Canal. As the troopers approached the vessel, they discovered that the 21-foot Sea Ray that took on several large waves over its bow began to take on water.  The troopers immediately began to render…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
WATCH: Coast Guard, Good Samaritan Rescue 6 Jersey Shore Boaters WATCH: Coast Guard, Good Samaritan Rescue 6 Jersey Shore Boaters
Watch: Coast Guard, Good Samaritan Rescue 6 Jersey Shore Boaters Six boaters were rescued by members of the US Coast Guard and a good Samaritan approximately 34 miles east of Atlantic City Thursday. Watchstanders in the Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay Command Center in Philadelphia received an alert that a 28-foot pleasure craft with six people aboard was taking on water due to the inclement weather and the heavy seas in the area. An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City launched to assist the boaters. Video shows the Dolphin aircrew hoisting two of the boaters to safety while a nearby good Samaritan crew assisted w…

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by Cecilia Levine