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First Time Belmar Beach Trip Ends In Tragedy, Report Says: Jersey City Teen ID'd As Victim
A 13-year-old girl who drowned off a Belmar beach Friday evening, Aug. 15, has been identified as Sameeha Sultana, according to the Muslim Center of Middlesex County and NJ Advance Media.
Sameeha, of Jersey City, was on a trip organized by Young Muslims of Jersey City, her mother, Ishrath Parveen, tells NJ Advance Media.
She said Sameeha and her 12-year-old sister “weren’t strong swimmers” but had really wanted to visit the Jersey Shore because they had never been. The group arrived around 5:30 p.m., just after lifeguards went off duty, her mother told the outlet.
At 6:36 p.m., Belmar…
Jersey City Woman Survives Being Swept Into Pacific Ocean, But Her Recovery Won't Be Easy
Diana Torroledo, a Jersey City resident was swept into the Pacific Ocean while vacationing in San Diego last month
On Friday, March 28 at 6:30 p.m., Torroledo and her boyfriend, Ash, got swept into the ocean from a jetty, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department said. Ash was rescued first and then Torroledo was found breathing, but unconscious, rescuers said.
The pair had gone to the end of the jetty to watch the waves, rescuers told NBC San Diego.
Torroledo was airlifted to a nearby hospital. Torroledo sustained multiple fractures across her body and face and a brain hemorrhage, according t…
