A teenager died after being pulled from the ocean Friday in Belmar, New Jersey.

Multiple people called 911 just after 6:30 p.m. to report a swimmer in distress off the Jersey Shore beach, police said. According to the Belmar Beach website , lifeguards are on duty until 6 p.m.

When officers arrived at the Eighth Avenue beach, police said one person was out of the water, but a 13-year-old was still missing.

Crews searched the water for nearly an hour, police said.

Around 7:30 p.m., police said crews found the 13-year-old in the water off the Seventh Avenue beach. The teenager was unresponsive.

Belmar lifeguards, emergency responders and paramedics all performed life-saving efforts, police said.

The 13-year-old was taken to Jersey Shore University Hospital, where the teen was pronoun

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