Father tragically drowns while attempting to save daughter from rip current at Jersey Shore.
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An off-duty New York City firefighter, Mark Batista, drowned while trying to rescue his teenage daughter from a rip current at the Jersey Shore. Batista got caught in the current himself and was pulled under. His daughter was saved by first responders. Batista was a 15-year veteran of the FDNY and a member of Engine 226 in Brooklyn.
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