Jersey Shore, Hurricane Erin and beach towns
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The girl’s sister, Sameeha Sultana, 13, was found unresponsive about an hour later at 7th Avenue, a block north. Rescue crews and the U.S. Coast Guard pulled her out of the water, and CPR was performed. She was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
Weather forecasters predict New Jersey's coastline will be battered with 10- to 17-foot waves from Hurricane Erin.
The 34-year-old street performer who created his Batman persona in 2016 now faces multiple weapons charges after allegedly using mace during a boardwalk altercation.
“She was a happy girl, a very happy girl,” her heartbroken mother Ishrath Parveen told NJ Advance Media Tuesday evening. She and her son Syed Rahman say they’re left with memories and a traumatized younger sister. They shared some of the excruciating details of a Friday night they wish never happened.