Search for teen swept away while swimming on Jersey Shore

SPRING LAKE, New Jersey (WABC) -- Rescue crews are searching for a 15-year-old boy who was swept away while swimming on the Jersey Shore.

Josiah Jeremiah Robinson of Ewing went under while swimming at Brighton Avenue Beach in Spring Lake on Sunday afternoon.

A bystander and lifeguards rescued his sister.

A sea and air search failed to locate Josiah.

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