Two swimmers drowned in New Jersey while trying to rescue another man who was later saved by police, authorities said.
The men were all swimming in Thornes Creek in Hazlet when one of them started yelling for help at around 2.40pm on Sunday, according to a fourth man who was also swimming, and called 911.
One of the victims has been identified by family as Mark Gorski.
Gorski and the other man went to help the one who was struggling, but submerged before help arrived and didn’t resurface, the fourth man told the Hazlet Township Police Department.
‘#MCSONJ & @sheriffgolden’s heartfelt thoughts go out to family members of both swimmers who drowned in [the] creek off the Henry Hudson trail,’ the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office tweeted on Sunday.
Detectives with Halzet PD did not immediately return a message from DailyMail.com inquiring as to the identity of the second victim.
Two swimmers, including one man identified by family as Mark Gorski, have drowned in Thornes Creek (shown) in Hazlet, New Jersey on Sunday while trying to rescue another man who was later saved by police, authorities said
Police soon found the first swimmer near the water’s edge. He was taken to a hospital.
The bodies of Gorski and the second victim were found later on Sunday, by divers from the sheriff’s office’s Meritime Emergency Response Team.
The sheriff’s office tweeted that while the outcome was tragic, the victims were located through a combined effort from local emergency responders.
The men were all swimming in Thornes Creek when one of them started yelling for help at around 2.40pm on Sunday, according to a fourth man who was also swimming, and called 911
The bodies of Gorski and the second victim were found later on Sunday, by divers from the sheriff’s office’s Meritime Emergency Response Team
Authorities have not said whether the men knew one another.
Hazlet PD was still working on identifying the victims, as of around 7pm on Sunday, with Gorski being identified first by family.
Other organizations on the scene included Union Beach Police, the West Keansburg and North Centerville Fire Companies, West Keansburg and Union Beach Marine Units, Hazlet, Union Beach and Keyport First Aid Squads, Hazlet, Union Beach and Monmouth County Offices of Emergency Management, Matawan and Middletown Fire Companies, and Brevent Park Fire Marine Unit.
Detectives with the Halzet Township Police Department did not immediately return a message from DailyMail.com inquiring as to the identity of the second victim