14-year-old missing after swimming in ocean during school trip - BERITAJA

A 14-year-old boy from Philadelphia is missing aft he vanished successful the water disconnected Wildwood, N.J., during a schoolhouse section travel connected Monday, constabulary said.

In a property release from the City of Wildwood Fire Department, Wildwood Beach Patrol and the Wildwood Police Department, authorities said astatine about 1:26 p.m. section clip connected Monday, a constabulary serviceman was flagged down regarding swimmers successful distress.

“The Wildwood City Fire Department and North Wildwood Fire Department were instantly dispatched, on pinch Wildwood Police for a h2o rescue assignment. A Wildwood Beach Patrol ALERT Team consisting of 3 lifeguards was besides connected work and responded arsenic well,” the property merchandise said.

“Upon presence of the first Wildwood City Fire and Police units, respective group were observed successful the surf,” the merchandise continued. “A Wildwood Police Officer entered the h2o and assisted 3 swimmers retired of the water.”

At that time, it was wished that a 14-year-old antheral was still missing, constabulary said.

Multiple rescue swimmers from the Wildwood City Fire Department, North Wildwood Fire Department, Wildwood Beach Patrol and North Wildwood Beach Patrol entered the h2o and began searching for the missing swimmer.

“This besides included launching rescuers connected rescue boards and 2 PWC’s (personal watercraft) from the Wildwood Beach Patrol and 1 PWC from the North Wildwood Beach Patrol. Additional resources were requested from the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Sector Delaware Bay and NJ State Police (NJSP), Marine Services Bureau, Boats from the USCG, NJSP and North Wildwood Fire Dept., on pinch USCG and NJSP helicopters each assisted successful the hunt operation,” the property merchandise said.

After a about two-hour search, beachside rescue operations ceased but marine and aviation units continued to hunt the area, constabulary said.

One swimmer was transported to Cooper University Cape Regional infirmary for treatment. The swimmer is reportedly successful unchangeable condition. Two different swimmers were treated connected the scene.

The 14-year-old antheral has yet to beryllium located and hunt efforts are ongoing, constabulary added.

BERITAJA has reached retired to the Wildwood Police Department and the City of Wildwood Fire Department for further remark but has not received a response.

The missing student’s grandmother, Kenya Pippen, spoke to ABC News about her grandson, saying that he attended a schoolhouse successful Northeast Philadelphia for students pinch typical needs.

According to Pippen, her grandson was accompanied by a schoolhouse chaperone and a family personnel connected the trip.

She alleges that erstwhile the family personnel stepped distant to get food, her grandson went into the h2o pinch different students adjacent Morey’s Pier, while unit watched from the shore.

“There were nary lifeguards coming astatine all, and they still allowed these children pinch typical needs to get into the h2o pinch nary adults,” Pippen alleged.

She called her grandson’s disappearance a “disgrace,” adding, “My grandson has been missing. It’s acold here. He’s been gone for hours. He doesn’t merit this. He’s conscionable a kid. He was expected to postgraduate connected Wednesday.”