Children rescued from Rip Current in Ocean City, NJ, on Saturday
Reports say three minors were rescued from a rip current in Ocean City on Saturday and one had to be taken to a regional trauma center.
WTXF-TV reports the incident happened around noon Saturday in the water off 10th Street Beach.
Ocean City Beach Patrol members and first responders arrived and found two swimmers, both from Hammonton, and pulled them to shore.
Staff then spotted a shirt in the water. That’s when they spotted a third submerged swimmer. They pulled this person, a 12-year-old boy from Mays Landing, and started multiple rounds of CPR.
According to WPVI-TV, he was breathing on his own but unresponsive. He was taken to the trauma center at Cooper University Hospital in Camden for further evaluation.
The two Hammonton miners were taken to Shore Medical Center as a precaution.
As of Sunday morning, no update was available on the condition of the Hammonton child.
Reports say ocean water temperatures on Saturday were in the mid-50s.
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