FDNY Firefighter Drowns Saving Daughter from Jersey Shore Rip Current
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New York firefighter Mark Batista drowned while trying to rescue his daughter from a rip current at Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey. No lifeguards were on duty at the time. Batista, a veteran member of the New York Fire Department, was pronounced dead at an area hospital. His daughter survived. Batista's drowning was the second along the New Jersey coastline this year, both occurring where no lifeguards were on duty.
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