Crews continued to search for Curtis Newkirk Jr., 19, who went missing in the ocean south of the Jacksonville Beach pier Sunday evening.
. Newkirk was swimming with a group when some of them went into distress, lifeguards said. Everyone else made it to the shore, but he was nowhere to be found.Guards said the incident happened after lifeguards were off for the day, but a few supervisors were on a truck responding to another call when the 911 dispatch came in. They arrived within minutes.
“We come out just to enjoy it, to enjoy all the breeze, it’s very nice,” said Charlene Oliver, a beachgoer from Starke. “Put safety first, we want everyone to have fun, but we want safety first,” said Mayor Chris Hoffman, who was at the lifeguard station Monday morning.ended a years-long impasse ”They are working in tandem to add additional guards to our busiest areas right up here in downtown Jacksonville Beach,” Hoffman said.
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