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Martell's Employees Who Rescued Boy Honored by State Lawmakers

Staff who saved boy from drowning honored by 10th district legislators

 

Three Martell's employees who had saved a boy from drowning in the ocean in front of Martell's in Point Beach were honored on Monday by state lawmakers.

Matt Inman, Jim Howell and Nick Haines, Martell's staff members who rescued a boy who had ventured into the ocean when the beach was red-flagged and unguarded on July 21, were honored by 10th District legislators.

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Senator Jim Holzapfel and Assemblymen David Wolfe and Greg McGuckin presented state resolutions to the Martell's employees outside Martell's in Point Pleasant Beach.

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