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Two People Saved When Sailboat Runs Aground Along Jersey Shore, Firefighters Say Two People Saved When Sailboat Runs Aground Along Jersey Shore, Firefighters Say
Two People Saved When Sailboat Runs Aground Along Jersey Shore, Firefighters Say Two people were rescued after their large sailboat ran aground in Ocean City, officials said. Emergency crews responded to the beach near 22nd Street at around 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28, the Ocean City Firefighters Association said in a Facebook post. The roughly 40-foot boat was found to be disabled and in distress with two people on board. The boat was "rapidly approaching" a sandbar and the surf was crashing into the vessel's side. On September 28, 2024, at approximately 1400hrs, B-Platoon, along with Ocean City Police, and Beach Patrol, responded to... Posted by Ocean City …

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by Chris Spiker
Weather
Say Goodbye To Sunny Skies: Tropical Storm Bringing Rain To NJ This Week Say Goodbye To Sunny Skies: Tropical Storm Bringing Rain To NJ This Week
Say Goodbye To Sunny Skies: Tropical Storm Bringing Rain To NJ This Week Monday, Sept. 16 could be the last sunny day for the rest of the week in the Northeast. A tropical rainstorm working its way through the Carolinas is expected to dampen parts of Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, and some of Pennsylvania mid-week, forecasters say. "A subtropical storm has both tropical and non-tropical characteristics," AccuWeather says. "Often a subtropical storm has a sweep of dry air on one side, as the storm near the Carolina coast is exhibiting." AccuWeather Monday was sunny with a high of 78 and Tuesday, Sept. 17 will be cloudy with a high near 80, the National Weathe…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jersey Shore Town Warns Beachgoers They May Be Ticketed If Swimming During Hurricane Lee Jersey Shore Town Warns Beachgoers They May Be Ticketed If Swimming During Hurricane Lee
Jersey Shore Town Warns Beachgoers They May Be Ticketed If Swimming During Hurricane Lee A second Jersey Shore town is warning its residents they may be ticketed for swimming during red flag warnings promoted by the offshore hurricane. A rip currents warning is n effect due to Hurricane Lee. On Friday, Sept. 15, the Toms River Police Office of Emergency Management Coordinator, Chief Mitchell Little, issued an emergency declaration for this weekend’s storm.  "Beaches will remain open with lifeguards, however in light of dangerous rip currents impacting our shore area, and the danger to our beachgoers, no swimming will be permitted while the red flag warning is in…

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by Jon Craig
Weather
Hurricane Lee Expected To Bring Life-Threatening Rip Currents To Jersey Shore Hurricane Lee Expected To Bring Life-Threatening Rip Currents To Jersey Shore
Hurricane Lee Expected To Bring Life-Threatening Rip Currents To Jersey Shore The National Hurricane Center and Coast Guard are warning swimmers to be cautious of life-threatening rip currents in the wake of Hurricane Lee. Strong rip currents and rough surf along the Mid-Atlantic coast are expected to make the water dangerous — even for the strongest swimmers, authorities said. Even if the surface weather clears and beach conditions look favorable this weekend, rip currents remain a grave danger to recreational beachgoers and boaters, the Coast Guard said. Three men died due to rip currents at Jersey Shore beaches over the Labor Day weekend and there were more than …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Belmar Police ID Drowning Victim From Labor Day Rip Currents Belmar Police ID Drowning Victim From Labor Day Rip Currents
Belmar Police ID Drowning Victim From Labor Day Rip Currents Belmar police have identified a swimmer who drowned Sunday evening, Sept. 3. Gilberto Mendez Jr., 42, of Roselle Park, was swimming off Fifth Avenue just after 6 p.m. when he began struggling in rip currents, Belmar Borough police said. Mendez and two other people were pulled from the water by lifeguards and brought to an area hospital. The two other people were treated and released, police said. Lifeguards rescued five other swimmers in distress off Sixth Avenue, they said Three other men drowned while swimming in the ocean off the Jersey Shore over the Labor Day weekend: a 22-year-old fr…

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by Jon Craig
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Dozen Swimmers Rescued Along Jersey Shore Same Day Dozen Swimmers Rescued Along Jersey Shore Same Day
Dozen Swimmers Rescued Along Jersey Shore Same Day Nearly a dozen swimmers were rescued along two New Jersey beaches on Sunday, Sept. 3. Six swimmers in distress were rescued by Belmar lifeguards and water rescue members at the 6th Avenue beach around 6:05 p.m., police said.  ALSO SEE: Video Shows Surfing Teacher's Rescue Of Distressed Jersey Shore Swimmer One of those swimmers was unresponsive when they were pulled from the 5th Avenue beach, and taken to Jersey Shore University Hospital. Two others were also hospitalized. Their conditions were not known as of Monday, Sept. 4. Then, in Seaside Heights, another five people w…

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by Cecilia Levine
Weather
Rip Currents Caused By Hurricane Idalia Pose Threat To NJ Swimmers Rip Currents Caused By Hurricane Idalia Pose Threat To NJ Swimmers
Rip Currents Caused By Hurricane Idalia Pose Threat To NJ Swimmers The National Weather Service is warning Jersey Shore swimmers of powerful rip currents generated by Hurricane Idalia. The risk remains in effect through Sunday evening, Sept. 3, for beaches and Delaware and the Jersey Shore, the NWS said. "Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water," the NWS said. This weekends currents are a byproduct of Hurricane Idalia, which is now classified as a post-tropical cyclone. The powerful channels of quickly-flowing water away from shore occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity …

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by Cecilia Levine
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HERO: Former NY Giant Peyton Hillis In ICU After Saving His Kids From Drowning In Florida HERO: Former NY Giant Peyton Hillis In ICU After Saving His Kids From Drowning In Florida
Hero: Former NY Giant Peyton Hillis In ICU After Saving His Kids From Drowning In Florida Onetime New York Giants fan favorite Peyton Hillis was hospitalized after a swimming accident in Florida in which he saved two of his kids and two adults from drowning, authorities confirmed. Hillis, 36, remained in intensive care and was "having some problems with his kidneys and his lungs," reported his uncle, Greg Hillis, "but the doctors say he is improving." The children and adults reportedly were fine. Members of Escambia County Fire Rescue who responded to the noontime incident at Pensacola Beach on Wednesday, Jan. 4, said the "brave" Hillis "quickly sprang into action to rescue th…

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by Jerry DeMarco