{"id":746715,"date":"2026-07-06T15:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T15:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/746715\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T15:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T15:44:10","slug":"whale-causes-catastrophic-damage-to-carteret-new-jersey-fire-department-marine-unit-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/746715\/","title":{"rendered":"Whale causes catastrophic damage to Carteret, New Jersey fire department marine unit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6abc Digital Staff Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/16248352_2024-wpvi-generic-6abc-logo-on-white-background-img-v3.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Monday, July 6, 2026 12:32PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Whale causes catastrophic damage to NJ fire department marine unit\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">CARTERET, N.J. (WPVI) &#8212; A whale crashed into a New Jersey fire department&#8217;s rescue ship, causing it to sink after catastrophic damage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Carteret Fire Department&#8217;s Marine Unit 2 was hit on July 4, near Raritan Bay, as it was returning from holiday patrolling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Officials say the boat immediately took on water and everyone on board had to abandon it within seconds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A jet ski operator and another boater fished them out of the water along with members of the Perth Amboy Marine Unit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Thankfully, everyone made it out safely, thanks in part, to wearing the appropriate life jackets.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monday, July 6, 2026 12:32PM CARTERET, N.J. (WPVI) &#8212; A whale crashed into a New Jersey fire department&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":745646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[320521,79,201],"class_list":["post-746715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-320521","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=746715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/745646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}