Authorities: Man Who Drowned Was Trying To Help 2 Children

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WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a Pennsylvania man who drowned while swimming off the New Jersey coast last weekend apparently was trying to help two children who had been pulled into the ocean, possibly by a riptide.

Wildwood police say the children were playing on a sandbar before they got pulled into the water on Sunday afternoon.

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Authorities have said lifeguards went into the water to rescue several swimmers in distress. But once back on shore they discovered that a 35-year-old man from Pennsylvania's Dauphin County was missing.

Surfers found Middletown, Pennsylvania, resident Hany Mohamed about two hours later in waters off nearby Wildwood Crest. He was taken to a hospital but was pronounced dead there a short time later.