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On Sunday, Oct. 5, Frank LaFerrara rescued a woman caught in a riptide at 9th Street beach in New Jersey

According to CBS News Philadelphia, he jumped into action after hearing screams for help by the shoreline

LaFerrara credits his quick thinking to a lifesaving course he took several decades ago

A Good Samaritan jumped into action after he heard screams by the water at a beach in New Jersey.

On Sunday, Oct. 5, Frank LaFerrara of Ocean City was at the 9th Street beach when he noticed what appeared to be someone struggling in the ocean, per CBS News Philadelphia.

“A gentleman down by the water line here, he starts screaming for help and I said okay, gotta go," LaFerrara recalled to the outlet.

He rushed into the water and swam several hundred feet before reaching a y

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