Crime & Safety
Coast Guard Search In Seaside Park After Swimmer Reported In Distress
Authorities were searching Friday after a 911 call reported a swimmer who appeared to be in distress off Seaside Park.
SEASIDE PARK, NJ — The U.S. Coast Guard searched for more than four hours Friday for a man who was reported to be in distress in the water off Seaside Park, a Coast Guard spokesperson confirmed.
The search was prompted by a 911 call reporting an older man waving his arms in the water, said Petty Officer 3rd Class Carmen Caver, a public relations specialist for the Coast Guard.
"He is not yet considered missing," Caver said Friday night, not long before the search was halted for the night.
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Coast Guard units from Station Manasquan Inlet and Station Barnegat Inlet responded to conduct the search in the area off N Street in Seaside Park.
The Earth Cam in Seaside Heights showed both a Coast Guard helicopter and a Coast Guard boat traveling up and down the shoreline Friday evening.
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Jersey Shore Hurricane News reported fire department personnel were assisting as well in Seaside Park.
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