Report: Coast Guard Suspends Search For 17-Year-Old Swimmer Missing in Long Branch
Authorities searched for a teen who went under the water Sunday evening.
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The Coast Guard has suspended it search but local rescue workers are still searching for a 17-year-old boy who reportedly disappeared at a Long Branch beach on Sunday, according to the Star Ledger.
W-ABC news reported the male teen was swimming at the section of beach near Pier Village at Ocean Avenue and Melrose Terrace when he was pulled under the water at 5:45 p.m.
Authorities suspended the search for the evening at approximately 10 p.m. on Sunday, according to the Asbury Park Press report, but resumed the search early Monday.
State Police Sgt. Brian Polite said the State Police deployed a marine vessel and that it was assisting early Monday morning.
This is a developing storyline. Long Branch Patch will have more information as it becomes available.
Mary Lynn Noonan-Toschi
6:03 am on Monday, May 28, 2012
Please do not swim in waters that are not being actively guarded. Life guards save lives!! What a tragic way to start the summer season. My condolences to this young man's family. I pray that he is somehow found safe and sound.
Greg Bollanos
9:30 am on Monday, May 28, 2012
This was my worst day , I was there with my family having branch an Avenwe restaurant when this happen ... Thousand of people went on beach wen the fire trucks arrive . 2 helicopter came on area searching for the body , but way late ... Life guards they ware off duty , but they arive quick with 2 jet-ski searching with no luck . In this
case I think divers will be the best rescue , but they arrive 2 hours later
I hope they found the boy safe
Joseph Mahmah
9:40 pm on Monday, May 28, 2012
greg, sounds like your vision is 20/20 in hindsite. swimming where there were no life guards on duty. these guys did there best to try to find him, give them some credit. over 24 hrs later and still no accurate description or name?
Cassidy
11:02 pm on Monday, May 28, 2012
If Long Branch had good resuce workers they would have done a better job. Instead they get rid of the good ones based on lies.
Vivian
1:56 pm on Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Sounds like sour grapes to me Cassidy. You need to address your problem with the people you had a problem with...not on a public fourm.
Either way, the good or the bad would not have been there...seeing that it was after hours.
Give credit to those that were there.
Judy Riggenbach
1:46 am on Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Long Branch did an excellent job and so did the other rescue groups! Unfortunately if people insist on going swimming when no LIfe Guards are on duty and when there are not a lot of people on the beach and they are not very knowledgable about the ocean bad things can happen and there will be no one to rescue them.
Mary
12:49 am on Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Long Branch did a sucky job
Tom
10:38 pm on Thursday, May 31, 2012
Intelligent comment Mary. Thanks for your input.
Tom Ross
4:41 pm on Saturday, June 2, 2012
You people sicken me, always pointing fingers! That beach for you rinformation has some of the best guards on the East Coast and some of the most expierenced.