Montco Man Honored For Daring Ocean Rescue

PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA - A Plymouth man was honored by fire officials for a daring sea rescue of a fisherman caught in a current in Cape May Point over the summer.

Jeff Idler, 55, who has a summer home there on Lincoln Avenue, was drinking coffee on his back porch on the morning of July 17 when he heard a scream coming from the ocean, according to a report.

That’s when he saw a fisherman who had been swept about 100 yards offshore by an eddy in the dangerous waters where the Delaware Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean, the Press of Atlantic City reports.

Idler jumped into the ocean and swam out to rescue the drowning man at great personal risk, fire officials said. He fought the currents and brought the man back to shore, where was taken to a hospital.

The fisherman survived the incident.

Cape May Fire Company Number 1 presented Idler with a plaque and commendation for his efforts, the report states.