Memorial Day Weekend 2006...

Memorial Day Weekend 2006...

Memorial Day Weekend found it busy as always down at the New Jersey shore with the start of the Summer season. The Point Pleasant Dive Team responded to a call of a person trapped in the rocks of the Jetty at the Manasquan Inlet.

Upon arrival the team found a female who had been walking on the "Jacks" of the inlet and slipped on a wet area and pinning her ankle in one of the large concrete "Jacks". First priority was to ensure that th victim was protected from the surf hitting the jetty as well as working on safely extracting the female from her predicament.

The victim was removed from the situation with the use of about a gallon of liquid soap and a bit of effort by the team and other supporting members of the Fire department, Police department, and members from Jenkinson's Boardwalk... Fortunately the female was not injured seriously and was transported to the local hospital...

Members of the Dive Team pause for a photo on the beach. Dave Margentino, Sue Lewicki, Chief Diver Chet Nesley, Eric Popleik, and Jay Bayliss...

Then there is the "Paperwork" to be completed...

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"True Alarm"...

Mannasquan Inlet

Chet Nesley, Chief Diver of the Point Pleasant Rescue Dive Team (Center in Photo) was involved in a water rescue last week when a fisherman on the Mannasquan Inlet "Jacks" discovered a woman in the water. The fisherman had seen Nesley with his truck performing Water Rescue training before he started fishing the area and advised Nesley of the situation.

The local Asbury Park Press reported: "The truck belonged to Chet Nesley, chief diver with the Point Pleasant First Aid Dive Team, who was practicing dives. Nesley was wearing a wet suit and rushed to help with the rescue while Samaritano held the victim's head above water. "I didn't want to move her" because he was afraid she had injured her spine, he said."

The full story can be viewed with the following link:
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006605170366

These photos are not from the actual rescue but were taken during a Rescue Training exercise that the team practiced awhile back. Constant and consistent training results in the team and it's members being prepared for any situation that they are called to.

False Alarm...

Point Pleasant Rescue Dive Team


Members of the Point Pleasant Rescue Dive Team responded to a report of a man drowning off of Point Pleasant Beach at around 9:30 p.m.

Search was called off after about an hour after searching area beaches and interviewing people in the area... New Jersey State Police and the Coast Guard also responded to the call...

http://www.ocobserver.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060502/NEWS01/605020316&SearchID=73243532240316