Seaside Heights beach had no lifeguards on duty amid Monday evening incident
A day at the beach turned into a tragedy as one person was left dead and six others were saved during a jet-ski rescue amid a dramatic scene.
The fire department responded to a distress call on Monday evening at 6:55 p.m. ET at a beach in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. (See the video at the top of this article.)
Six individuals were caught in a rip current at Webster Avenue Beach about 100 yards offshore, according to the Jersey Shore Fire Response.
The beach did not have lifeguards on duty at the time of the incident.
The Seaside Heights Fire Department deployed a rescue swimmer with a jet ski, successfully bringing the victims to shore.
Dramatic aerial video shows the rescuer grabbing the individuals one by one, placing them on a raft and quickly driving to shore with medics on site.
Another person was found in the water and rushed to shore — with CPR performed on the seventh individual, FOX 5 reported.
Tragically, the person was taken to the Community Medical Center and later pronounced dead.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Seaside Heights Fire Department for comment.
There have already been 49 rip current deaths reported so far this year, according to the National Weather Service.