Nine people rescued from the ocean in Wildwood
Two separate rescues took place on Sunday.
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Several people were pulled from the water off the coast of Wildwood on Sunday evening.
According to the Wildwood Beach Patrol, lifeguards, police and firefighters responded to a call about swimmers in distress around 7:47 p.m. A witness who saw the rescue unfold said she saw the swimmers struggling in the ocean and unable to make it back to shore. She said people called first responders to help.
“These people came out of nowhere. I’m talking about like Baywatch out of nowhere to come out here and save these people in that water. It was so beautiful,” the unidentified woman said in a video posted on the Wildwood Beach Patrol’s Facebook page.
Officials said a total of nine people were rescued Sunday in two separate incidents. The Beach Patrol said the incident should serve as a reminder to only swim when lifeguards are present.
“We remind everyone to swim in front of a lifeguard stand and only when lifeguards are on,” the Beach Patrol said. “No lifeguard, no swimming.”
There is no word on what the people were doing in the water at that hour. The Wildwood Beach Patrol did not indicate whether anyone was injured.
