Sameeha Sultana was not really supposed to be on a youth group outing that traveled to Belmar last Friday evening.

Her mom was not keen on Sameeha and her 12-year-old sister taking the trip, organized by Young Muslims of Jersey City, because she knew her daughters were not strong swimmers – even though they’d had some swim classes in school.

But the sisters wanted so badly to go to the beach because they’d never been to the oceanside of the Jersey Shore.

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