Still no signs of missing teen off the coast of Ocean City, N.J.

The search for a teen that was swept out to sea resumed Monday morning off the coast of Ocean City, New Jersey. The Philadelphia boy vanished while swimming with a group of friends Sunday evening. The search focused mainly between the 6th and 12th Street beaches on Monday.

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The U.S. Coast Guard says a group of friends were swept by a rip current near the 9th Street beach in Ocean City around 7:00 p.m. Sunday. A family had been swimming in the water near a rock jetty after lifeguards left for the day.

“My daughter heard people yell — help, help,” said one witness.

After hearing those cries for help, a Good Samaratin jumped into the ocean.The Ocean City Rapid Response Team was able to recover up to 14 people from the waters Sunday night. Some of them had gone into the ocean to save those struggling but got caught in the current as well. Witness Lauren Turner saw two rescued boys walk from the beach to the boardwalk with paramedics. But, a 14-year-old boy wearing white swimming shorts remained missing.

Witnesses told NBC10 that a woman believed to be the boy’s mother broke down when authorities informed her there was still no sign of the teen.

“Everyone was upset,” said witness Tyler Swann.

A 25-foot U.S. Coast Guard boat searched for the boy in the water for most of the night while a helicopter searched from above as the Ocean City Fire Department combed the beach. A marine unit from the New Jersey State Police from Atlantic City also aided.

The search resumed at 5:30 a.m. Monday morning.

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