Rescue teams search for missing swimmer in Ocean City
A young man was reported missing off the coast of Ocean City, and the Coast Guard was involved in search efforts.
Rescue teams continued to scour the waters off Ocean City, N.J., Wednesday after a swimmer went missing around 5 p.m. Monday in the area of the 10th Street Beach.
As of Wednesday afternoon, “despite tireless efforts,” the missing swimmer had not been located, Lt. Dan Lancaster, of the Ocean City Police Department, said in a statement.
Members of the Ocean City Fire and Police Departments responded to a swimmer in distress call on Monday at 4:52 p.m., according to Lancaster. In addition to the fire department’s rescue teams and the police department’s drones, support was requested from the U.S. Coast Guard and New Jersey State Police to assist in the search. The Longport Fire Department and the Cape May County Drone Task Force have also joined in the search.
Police said the missing swimmer is a 20-year-old male and authorities are requesting that the public avoid the area of 10th Street and the beach as rescue personnel continue their efforts.
News outlets reported that the missing swimmer was on a body board a couple hundred yards from the beach when he disappeared. Ocean City Beach Rescue managed to save a second swimmer, who was able to provide information about the missing man, according to the reports.
