FDNY firefighter drowns while rescuing daughter at Jersey Shore

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Source: NorthJersey.com
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Mark Batista, a 15-year veteran firefighter with the Fire Department of New York, drowned while trying to save his daughter from drowning at Sylvania Avenue Beach in Avon, New Jersey. Lifeguards were off duty and the beach was unprotected. Batista was found submerged and brought to shore where lifesaving efforts began, but he was pronounced dead at the hospital.

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