NJ police identify 19-year-old lifeguard killed by lightning

Police on Tuesday identified the lifeguard killed by a lightning strike at the Jersey Shore as a 19-year-old, one of four lifeguards hit by the bolt.

Keith Pinto, of Toms River, was among eight people who were hit by lightning Monday afternoon in Berkeley Township.

The others were taken to local hospitals with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.

The strike happened just after 4:30 p.m. Monday at the 21st Avenue beach, near the entrance gates to Island Beach State Park, just south of Seaside Park.

It marked the second death of a young lifeguard at the Jersey Shore in a little over a week.

On Aug. 20, 16-year-old lifeguard Norman Inferrera III died a day after an accident in Cape May, on New Jersey’s southern tip. A lifeboat he was rowing was struck by a wave and flipped over, knocking him unconscious, authorities said.

The line-of-duty deaths were extremely unusual for lifeguards, according to Tom Gill, a spokesperson for the U.S. Lifesaving Association. He said the two New Jersey deaths in less than two weeks were just the second and third he can recall in the last 30 to 40 years.

“This just doesn’t happen,” Gill said. “For two fatalities in such a short time frame in the same general area, this is a tragedy beyond measure.”

Berkeley’s beaches are closed to swimming through Thursday as crisis counseling is made available to lifeguards and beach staff. People will be allowed to sit on the beach and sunbathe.

Police said an investigation is continuing.

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Lightning strike at Jersey Shore kills lifeguard, injures 7

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Pete Tortorelli was tending an outdoor bar a block away from the beach when, he said, lightning struck seemingly out of nowhere.

“It looked a little cloudy in one direction but clear as anything in the other direction, and it was the first lightning of the day,” he said. “Literally two minutes after I saw the lightning, every cop car in this town was screaming down the street.”

Thomas Taberoni was at a beachfront house 100 yards (90 meters) away from the lifeguard stand, noticing that it was beginning to get cloudy, when he heard what he described as the loudest noise he had ever heard.

“Have you ever been to an air show when they break the sound barrier with that boom and you weren’t prepared for it?” he asked. “This was like 100 times louder than that.”

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On Aug. 20, 16-year-old lifeguard Norman Inferrera III died a day after an accident in Cape May, on New Jersey’s southern tip. A lifeboat he was rowing was struck by a wave and flipped over, knocking him unconscious, authorities said.

And on Aug. 12, a 13-year-old boy died after he was struck by lightning at Orchard Beach in the Bronx in New York City. Carlos Ramos was one of a group of people gathered at the beach who were struck by lightning during a fast-moving storm. Six others also were injured in that lightning strike.

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13-year-old boy killed by lightning strike at Bronx beach

August 13, 2021

A 13-year-old boy has died after he was struck by lightning at Orchard Beach in the Bronx, police said Friday.

Carlos Ramos was one of a group a people gathered at the beach who were struck by lightning during a fast-moving storm at about 5 p.m. Thursday, a police spokesperson said.

The teenager died at Jacobi Hospital, police said. Six other people were treated at the hospital for injuries from the lightning strike. Their conditions weren’t known.

Meghan Lalor, a spokesperson for the city Parks Department, said lifeguards had cleared swimmers from the water and department staff members had made announcements to clear the beach prior to the lightning strike.

“Our hearts go out to the victims of this tragic incident,” Meghan Lalor, the spokesperson, said.

https://apnews.com/article/bronx-nyc-state-wire-a0942eb6c69d69f61bc2ae9163b5a48f

Mountain lion killed after attacking child in California

August 29, 2021

A mountain lion that attacked a 5-year-old boy and dragged the child across his front lawn in Southern California was shot and killed by a wildlife officer, authorities said Saturday.

The 65-pound (30-kilogram) mountain lion attacked the boy while he was playing near his house Thursday in Calabasas and “dragged him about 45 yards” across the front lawn, said Capt. Patrick Foy, a spokesman with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

The boy suffered significant traumatic injuries to his head and upper torso but was in stable condition at a Los Angeles hospital, Foy said.

“The true hero of this story is his mom because she absolutely saved her son’s life,” Foy said. The mother was inside the house when she heard commotion outside.

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https://apnews.com/article/california-mountain-lions-d30fcd437c9dc835e88691b47248090d

>>14497449

Mike Pompeo tweet today

BAE Systems is a "strategic customer" of TRM Microwave

>>14497912

alpacas as well >>14497538

I'm not sure about all of this but I thought maybe somebody might spot something so I posted it…

There's loads of it as it seems, not sure if it's really all about the animals.

https://nypost.com/2021/08/31/ex-british-marines-dog-stabbed-during-kabul-evacuation/

also, sexually aggressive dolphins

https://nypost.com/2021/08/31/swimmers-beware-of-this-sexually-aggressive-dolphin/

>>14497921

there's a lot of info about Basel here if anyone wants to read up:

The Tower of Basel

https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/sociopol_globalbanking332.htm

BIS

https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/sociopol_globalbanking140.htm

Secretive group that runs the world

https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/sociopol_bisimfwb04.htm

Secretive Global Currency Plan

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Bank for international settlements

https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/esp_sociopol_rothschild40.htm

Forcing central banks to liquidate

https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/sociopol_globalbanking296.htm

How the global elite rule the world

https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/sociopol_globalelite149.htm