Surfer, Swimmer Rescue Man From Rip Current In Seaside Park: Video

SEASIDE PARK, NJ — A swimmer was rescued from a rip current on Sunday in Seaside Park by a surfer and another swimmer, with the rescue captured on video by a local videographer.

The incident was reported about 2:25 p.m. Sunday of a swimmer in distress at the 2nd Avenue beach. Police arrived to find three people in the water — a surfer and a swimmer helping the person who had been caught in a rip current, said Ryan Mack, the videographer and owner of Jersey Shore Fire Response. See the video below.

Mack said the surfer was able to get the struggling man onto his surfboard and paddle in. All three men were on the beach safely out of the water by the time other first responders arrived, he said.

The video shows the men walking out of the water and sitting on the beach after the rescue. The men declined medical attention from emergency medical services.

The rescue was just the most recent in Seaside Park; in September there were three people rescuedin a one-week stretch after getting caught in rip currents.

The officers involved in those rescues and other first responders including TriBoro EMS, Seaside Park Fire Department and the Seaside Heights Fire Department were honored Oct. 3 for their actions.