A 22-year-old male drowned after he and two other swimmers were caught in a rip current off Fifth Street in Beach Haven Sunday afternoon.
According to the borough beach patrol, the incident unfolded shortly before 3 p.m. The two lifeguards stationed on the Fifth Street lifeguard stand immediately responded and started the chain for backup response.
“The two lifeguards on Fifth Street were able to make contact with two of the struggling swimmers, but the third had submerged,” the patrol said in a…
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