Swimmer nonetheless lacking in Ocean City; search will proceed Thursday

OCEAN CITY, N.J. – An intensive, multi-agency seek for a 20-year-old boogie boarder who vanished off the coast of Ocean City on Monday is ready to enter its fourth day on Thursday.

What we all know:

Despite exhaustive efforts by the U.S. Coast Guard and native rescue groups, crews have but to find the lacking swimmer as of two:10 p.m. Wednesday.

Police introduced that the search will proceed into Thursday, and are asking the general public to keep away from tenth Street and the Beach to permit crews to coordinate search efforts.

The backstory:

The 20-year-old man vanished after he was separated from his board by a wave close to the tenth Street seashore. Officials say he was final seen within the water shortly earlier than 5 p.m. Monday.

Two individuals had been reportedly boogie boarding about 200 yards offshore in tough surf situations. One individual was in a position to make it safely again to shore, however the different misplaced his boogie board, was hit by a wave and didn’t resurface.

No lifeguards had been on obligation on the time, as a result of Ocean City Beach Patrol’s full-time protection doesn’t formally start till this weekend.

What we do not know:

The id of the lacking swimmer has but to be launched.

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