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Man rescued after falling off boat

By Margaret F. Bonafide • STAFF WRITER • December 3, 2008


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MANASQUAN — A man who fell overboard while at sea was rescued by a crew member of the Salty
Tours just after 11 a.m. today, said Coast Guard authorities.

The man, who was not identified, fell overboard from a 24-foot boat four miles off the coast of Manasquan this morning.

A crew member of the Salty Tours reported to the Coast Guard that they had spotted a person in the water and were working to rescue him.

The person was transferred from the Salty Tours boat to a Coast Guard rescue boat crew from Station Manasquan Inlet.

The rescue boat crew transported the victim to Station Manasquan Inlet and he was transferred to Ocean Medical Center in Brick.

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