The Brief

One person died and six others were rescued after they were caught in a rip current in Seaside Heights.

The Seaside Heights Fire Department’s ocean rescue team responded to the scene at an unguarded beach at 6:58 p.m.

The same rescue team saved 12 people from rip currents over the weekend on a guarded beach.

One person has died and six others were rescued by jet ski after they were swimming at an unguarded beach in Seaside Heights on Monday evening.

What we know:

According to a report from the Seaside Heights Fire Department, a call came in at 6:56 p.m. for multiple swimmers in distress. The fire department's ocean rescue team arrived on the beach at 6:58 p.m. and, using a jet ski with a rescue swimmer, they were able to save six victims.

A seventh victim was submerged and

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