Swimmer, 21, Drowns At Ocean City Park

A 21-year-old man from Cumberland County drowned after getting caught in a rip current off Corson’s Inlet State Park in Ocean City, authorities said.

Nathaniel Figueroa
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Jon Craig

06/22/2022 3:23 p.m.

Members of the Ocean City Beach Patrol gave CPR to Nathaniel Figueroa of Vineland before he was brought to Shore Memorial Hospital in Somers Point where he died on Friday, June 17, according to New Jersey State Park Police.

Figueroa, nicknamed "Nito" when he played baseball for Vineland High School, attended Rowan College of South Jersey.

Responding agencies included the New Jersey State Park Police, Ocean City Police Department, Ocean City Fire Department, and members of the Ocean City Beach Patrol.

The drowning is at least the 15th drowning in New Jersey this year and the fourth in Cape May County.

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