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Mother, 28. Critical After Trying To Save Children From Drowning In Ocean: Police Mother, 28. Critical After Trying To Save Children From Drowning In Ocean: Police
Mother, 28. Critical After Trying To Save Children From Drowning In Ocean: Police A 28-year-old mother is in critical condition after trying to save her children in the ocean in South Jersey, authorities said. Brigantine police and firefighters responded to a 9-1-1 call at 9:28 a.m. on Wednesday, July 13 for a swimmer in distress. The Beach Patrol arrived and rescued two young children and their mother from the water.  According to a witness, the two children appeared to have become overpowered by the current and were in distress. The witness observed the woman run into the ocean to attempt to rescue her children and subsequently observed her become distressed and d…

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$100M Claims Filed By Family Of Drowned Bayonne Brothers: Report $100M Claims Filed By Family Of Drowned Bayonne Brothers: Report
$100M Claims Filed By Family Of Drowned Bayonne Brothers: Report The family of a pair of brothers who drowned earlier this month at a pool in Bayonne have filed two civil claims for $50 million each, NJ Advance Media reports. Three lifeguards were on-duty at the Lincoln Community School on June 8 when 16-year-old Jack Jiang and 19-year-old Chu Ming Zheng drowned, police previously said. The family's attorneys maintain the brothers' deaths were a result of negligence, NJ.com says. Police said only that the brothers were in the deep end of the pool when they were spotted in distress. A guard and two others removed them from the pool and immediately b…

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by Cecilia Levine
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HEROES: First Responders Saved Jersey Shore Man From Near-Fatal Heart Attack HEROES: First Responders Saved Jersey Shore Man From Near-Fatal Heart Attack
Heroes: First Responders Saved Jersey Shore Man From Near-Fatal Heart Attack In what could have been a fatal heart attack, a 63-year-old Brick resident is recovering and regaining his strength this holiday season thanks to the fast action and competency of Brick Township police and EMTs. On Halloween at about 11 a..m., Joe Holler was mowing his lawn when he began to feel weak. After a few moments, the pain and weakness worsened, so Holler, concerned he might be having a heart attack, went inside and took a baby aspirin. Holler's wife called 9-1-1, and Brick Township EMTs Joseph Sharkey and Brian Schwarz arrived within six minutes. Brick Patrolman Daniel F…

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by Jon Craig