SANDY HOOK, New Jersey (WABC) -- A 12-year-old girl pulled from the surf at a New Jersey shore beach over the weekend has died.
Daphne Yun, a spokeswoman for Gateway National Recreation Area and the National Parks Service, says the 12-year-old was with her family when she got into trouble in the ocean off Beach E just before 6 p.m. Sunday.
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Lifeguards, who were still on duty, pulled her from the water and administered CPR.
The girl was rushed to Monmouth Medical, where she died Monday morning.
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She has since been identified as Bianca Palma, from Elizabeth.