LBI's Beach Patrols Take Different Approaches to After-Hours Swimmers
Long Beach Township now guards one beach until 8 p.m., while some municipalities have guards on standby.
“You have more of a chance of getting struck by lighting than drowning on a guarded beach,” said Beach Haven’s Beach Patrol Captain Mike Lawrence recently. Unfortunately, some Island bathers try to cheat those odds, sometimes with near tragic results. Earlier this week three Good Samaritans rescued and revived a woman they pulled from the 27th Street beach in Ship Bottom nearly two hours after the lifeguards went off duty. Borough Beach Patrol Captain Keith W. Stokes said the female swimmer was fortunate to be rescued and that one of the rescuers was a CPR certified lifeguard from North Jersey. Stokes said after-hours bathing is a growing problem for beach communities all along the Jersey Shore. To help address the problem, Stokes said he …
Nancy
12:34 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
Good thinking LBI lifeguards. There have been far too many drownings this year. more ›