SEE IT: Dramatic Rescue of Jet Skier Caught in Manasquan Inlet
A jet skier is lucky to be alive after getting caught in the Manasquan Inlet early Sunday.
Eyewitness video video shows the jet skier approximately 10 minutes before he got stranded.
In the inlet 10 minutes before the helicopter
Posted by Mike Berner on Sunday, October 4, 2015
According to Newsworks, in a telephone interview, Chief Nick Ameen of the Coast Guard Public Affairs Detachment in Atlantic City, N.J. said the helicopter from Air Station Atlantic City commanded by LCDR Edward Dipierro and co-piloted by LT Richard Bicsak was already in the air on a training mission when rescue swimmer AST3 Billy Arrison spotted a jet ski with no one aboard drifting toward the rocks.
Watch the dramatic rescue.
Minutes ago, the US Coast Guard rescued a jet skier whose watercraft became stranded on the rocks along the Manasquan Inlet. We'll have a full report later. (Video: JSHN contributor Elizabeth Ann) [UPDATE: We just spoke with a Coast Guard spokesman about the dramatic rescue of a jet skier in the Manasquan Inlet this afternoon. Here's the story: http://goo.gl/iHZdC3]
Posted by Jersey Shore Hurricane News on Sunday, October 4, 2015
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