New Jersey man, 30, drowns whereas swimming in Delaware River

A New Jersey man drowned Tuesday whereas swimming within the Delaware River, in accordance with National Park Service officers.

The drowning was reported about 4:10 p.m. to the emergency communications middle at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

The National Park Service says rangers and dive staff members together with New Jersey State Police and water rescue groups from the Portland Hook & Ladder Co. No. 1 responded to the decision within the space of the Kittatinny Point picnic space.

The responders rapidly positioned and recovered the physique of the 30-year-old from Parsippany from the river, the place the water was about 17 ft deep, in accordance with a park service information launch.

“The man was swimming with family members near the picnic area when he tired while attempting to swim across the river and went under,” the discharge states.

Park service officers weren’t releasing the person’s id. He was not carrying a life jacket, in accordance with Kara E. Deutsch, the National Park Service’s useful resource administration and science division supervisor for the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and Middle Delaware National Scenic & Recreational River.

“The NPS reminds all river users to wear a properly-fitted, U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jacket while swimming, floating, fishing or boating on the Delaware River,” in accordance with the discharge.

This is Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area’s second drowning of 2025, Deutsch confirmed. A northeastern Pennsylvania man in July died throughout a kayaking journey on the Delaware River by the park, federal officers stated.