A 10-year-old boy may have saved his sister's life before losing his own in the Passaic River, according to the mayor.
Investigators found no evidence the parents showed any obvious impairment signs.
The family of the 10-year-old boy rescued by a 16-year-old Santa Cruz lifeguard in a dramatic and heart-pounding viral video is describing the intensely emotional surf rescue for the first time. "Another two of three seconds, I don't think my son would have made it," said Sumit Rai, the father of the rescued 10-year-old, Nathaniel.
Bystanders pulled a swimmer who had gone under from the water at Sandy Hook Beach on Thursday afternoon.
The name of the fifth person who died has not been released.