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PA Dad Dies, Son Rescued Swimming In Ocean City: Report PA Dad Dies, Son Rescued Swimming In Ocean City: Report
PA Dad Dies, Son Rescued Swimming In Ocean City: Report A 56-year-old Pennsylvania dad drowned and his son was rescued by lifeguards after trying to save him while swimming off Ocean City, NJ, 6abc reports. Shawn Reilly's 21-year-old son ran into the water after him on Thursday, Sept. 8 at the unprotected 12th Street beach, the outlet said. Both men were pulled to shore, and Reilly, of Thornhurst, ultimately died. His son's condition wasn't immediately clear. Click here for more from 6abc.

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by Cecilia Levine
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NEAR DROWNING: Boy Unresponsive After Ocean City Lifeguards Pull 3 From Rip Current NEAR DROWNING: Boy Unresponsive After Ocean City Lifeguards Pull 3 From Rip Current
Near Drowning: Boy Unresponsive After Ocean City Lifeguards Pull 3 From Rip Current One of three children was hospitalized in serious condition after being rescued by lifeguards from a rip current in Ocean City Saturday, May 21, NJ Advance Media reports The 12-year-old Mays Landing boy was "breathing on his own but unresponsive," when he and the two other children from Hammonton were saved by beach patron off 10th Street around noon, the outlet said citing local officials. He was rushed to the trauma center at Cooper University Hospital, while the other two were taken to Shore Medical Center as a precaution, NJ.com says. Click here for more from NJ Adv…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
PA Lifeguard, 16, Dies After Jersey Shore Boating Accident PA Lifeguard, 16, Dies After Jersey Shore Boating Accident
PA Lifeguard, 16, Dies After Jersey Shore Boating Accident A 16-year-old lifeguard from Pennsylvania died after a boating accident on the Jersey Shore. Norman V. Inferrera III, of Phoenixville, PA, was rowing a lifeguard boat in the ocean when the vessel was broadsided by a wave and flipped over on the Reading Avenue Beach in Cape May Aug. 19, police said. Norman was knocked unconscious and other lifeguards responded immediately to his aid, police said. The teen was flown to the hospital, where he died on Friday night, a relative told Daily Voice. More than $97,300 had been raised for his family on a GoFundMe as of Saturday morning. “My heart, p…

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by Cecilia Levine