15-year-old boy dead, others hospitalized after being pulled from N.J. beach
NEW YORK — A teenage boy who was pulled from the ocean near New Jersey’s Sandy Hook Beach on Sunday has died, officials said. The 15-year-old was one of six people rescued from the ocean around 4:30 p.m. near the Gateway National Recreation Area’s Beach B, where no lifeguards were on duty, the National Park Service confirmed to the Daily News.
He was pronounced dead after being hospitalized. Four others were also hospitalized, while a fifth declined medical medical treatment. None of have been identified, and an update on their conditions was not available Monday afternoon.