Keyport Emergency Crews Rescue Man Clinging to Piling in Raritan Bay
Firefighters and police in Keyport, New Jersey, successfully rescued an exhausted man found holding onto a piling 40 yards from a boat ramp Thursday evening.
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Keyport firefighters and police rescued an exhausted man who was holding onto a piling in Raritan Bay on Thursday evening, Shore News Network reported. Emergency crews were dispatched shortly after 5 p.m. following reports of a man struggling in the water near a launch dock. [1]
Squad Company 22 arrived at the scene in Keyport, New Jersey, and spotted the man approximately 40 yards from the end of the boat ramp dock. A firefighter rescue swimmer entered the water to help save the man with additional assistance provided by a Good Samaritan, according to Shore News Network. [1]
Raritan Bay is located at the southern portion of Lower New York Bay between New York and New Jersey, bounded on the south by Raritan Bayshore communities in Middlesex and Monmouth counties. [2]
In short
- Keyport firefighters and police rescued a man clinging to a piling 40 yards from a boat ramp dock in Raritan Bay.
- Emergency responders were dispatched to the scene shortly after 5 p.m. on Thursday.
- A firefighter rescue swimmer entered the bay to perform the rescue with help from a Good Samaritan.
Sources
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- [1]Keyport Firefighters Rescue Exhausted Man Clinging to Piling in Raritan BayShore News Network, 2h ago (the report this story comes from)
Background
- [2]Raritan Bay on Wikipedia
- [3]Upādāna on Wikipedia
- [4]Raritan Bay on Grokipedia
- [5]Off-Duty Firefighter Rescues Three Boaters Near Big Talbot Island HEROIC BREAKING NEWS, 12d ago
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