Search for possible missing paddleboarder off coast, Long Branch NJ
Missing PersonEmergency crews responded to reports of a person possibly in distress on a paddleboard near the shoreline in Long Branch. Witnesses described seeing one or two people in the water, with some uncertainty about their condition. Responders searched the beachfront and surrounding areas near public landmarks but did not confirm any person in danger. The scene suggested the paddleboarder may not have been in distress.
Audio|Source: Middletown and Monmouth County Bayshore Towns Fire / EMS
06:32
Transcript:
00:00
Work your way back north.
00:02
Don't get too close to the shoreline, but see if you can either find a paddleboard or somebody that exited the water.
00:19
No patient in sight.
00:25
...and the water currently.
00:27
We're canvassing the beachfront area to see if we can find somebody that exited.
00:36
Patient found on Monroe.
00:49
431 in front of your firehouse, by the crosswalk, by the Seabright sign.
01:39
Copy, that's right in front of our firehouse.
03:17
A report from Long Branch was vague.
03:20
They said they saw someone in the water.
03:22
It appears they were waving.
03:24
They were on a paddleboard.
03:28
They also said their officers can't find anything either.
04:58
We just got up onto the promenade in front of Rooney's.
05:01
We see somebody out in the ocean and we're trying to get a better look with binoculars.
05:19
It doesn't look like they're in distress.
06:06
The caller is looking at a video of the person in the water and they don't look in distress.
06:25
I've got a person here saying there were two out there.
06:29
Now there's only one.
06:31
We've lost sight of the second.
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Location mentioned:
Near Ocean Ave N, Long Branch, NJ 07740
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