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Good Samaritan On Boogie Board Helps Save 81-Year-Old Swimmer Off Seaside Park Beach: Police Good Samaritan On Boogie Board Helps Save 81-Year-Old Swimmer Off Seaside Park Beach: Police
Good Samaritan On Boogie Board Helps Save 81-Year-Old Swimmer Off Seaside Park Beach: Police An 81-year-old swimmer in distress was rescued by a Good Samaritan on a boogie board and Seaside Heights water rescue, authorities said. The incident began at about 2:55 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 12 about 200 yards off the O Street Beach, Seaside Park police said. The man drifted toward Stockton Avenue when he was secured by the Good Samaritan. The water rescue team brought him to shore on a jet ski, police said. The man was reportedly stable and hospitalized. 

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by Jon Craig
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Fallen Jet Skiers Rescued From Bayonne's New York Bay Fallen Jet Skiers Rescued From Bayonne's New York Bay
Fallen Jet Skiers Rescued From Bayonne's New York Bay A pair of jet skiers who had fallen off and were being swept away by the current were rescued from the New York Bay on Sunday, July 10. The call came in around 1:45 p.m. in Bayonne, and the couple was found by the Bayonne Cruiseport.  Members of Royal Caribbean and Port Authority of NY/NJ tossed life things to the pair, trying to make it toward the shore. A Bayonne Fire Department marine unit put a rescue swimmer in the water, and firefighters were able to remove both victims safely. The female victim was hospitalized while the male was treated at the scene and released.

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by Cecilia Levine