3 Water Rescues Made During Busy Jersey Shore Weekend: Report

JERSEY SHORE — Three people were rescued from Jersey Shore waters in separate incidents over the past weekend, according to a report and police.

Both Saturday and Sunday had risks of rip currents, according to the National Weather Service.

The first happened after 6 p.m. Saturday in Ventnor, according to NJ.com. Lifeguards here go off-duty at 6 p.m. but they have an after-hours team, which was able to get to the 55-year-old man in distress in two minutes, according to the report.

The man was unconscious and unresponsive, and responders gave him CPR while he was still in the surf being taken to the beach, the report said. The man was still being given CPR as he was wheeled into the emergency room and was in critical condition as of Saturday night.

A 63-year-old Little Falls man was rescued from the surf in Avon-by-the-Sea at about 11:30 a.m. Sunday, the report said. He had been swimming with a hard of hearing child. The two were whistled by lifeguards to come closer to the shore, but were swept into a rip current, according to the report.

The child panicked and the man got overwhelmed, the report said. Five lifeguards rescued the duo and brought them back to shore.

Shortly after that on Sunday at 11:37 a.m., a 62-year-old Phillipsburg man was rescued from drowning at the Pompamora Point Park off the Henry Hudson Trail in Atlantic Highlands, police said.

Both CPR and a series of shocks from an AED were given to restore the man's pulse, police said.

The man was taken to the hospital where he was in critical condition in the ICU as of Tuesday afternoon, according to police.

Police believe the man was clamming in the bay prior to the drowning.