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Title: Surf Pounders be careful out there
Post by: wb on June 02, 2009, 11:25:42 AM
cold water no joke. very sad.
from APP

Man pulled from ocean dies
By Matt Pais • Staff Writer • June 2, 2009

POINT PLEASANT BEACH — A Pennsylvania man pulled from the ocean by members of the U.S. Coast Guard last night has died, police said.

Johnson Thomas, 25, of Philadelphia was apparently swept out around 7:20 p.m. when a large wave separated him from his two friends off the shore of the first beach south of the Manasquan Inlet, said Point Pleasant Beach Police Detective Patrick Petruzziello.

Police were notified and subsequently called the Coast Guard, whose members found Thomas unresponsive in the water.

A Coast Guard member began CPR on Thomas, who was then transported to Ocean Medical Center in Brick where he was later pronounced dead, authorities said.

The drowning remains under investigation by the township police department, Petruzziello said.


Title: Re: Surf Pounders be careful out there
Post by: Pfishingruven on June 02, 2009, 01:21:14 PM
What a shame nosmly...definitely too early to be swimming.  The water is cold still.

Everyone be careful...

 TT^
Title: Re: Surf Pounders be careful out there
Post by: Hotrod on June 02, 2009, 05:12:34 PM
Not Good... :-\
Title: Re: Surf Pounders be careful out there
Post by: Kenny on June 02, 2009, 08:44:04 PM
Hate to hear things like that... nosmly
Title: Re: Surf Pounders be careful out there
Post by: Hunter 2 on June 02, 2009, 09:41:35 PM
That sucks, bad news nosmly
Title: Re: Surf Pounders be careful out there
Post by: ped579 on June 10, 2009, 12:40:42 PM
Not good...The water is still very cold as I can attest to as I tried it last week.  When my toes went numb I decided to get out.  But the bay on the other hand is really nice.  I put the kayak in to do some fish finder testing and some how flipped over.  I read the temp on the finder and it was above 73 degrees sweet.  I was waiting for the cold shock that never came.