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BREAKING: Water Search Underway for Missing 17-Year-Old Boy in Perth Amboy

Perth Amboy

**UPDATE 5:10pm Body Recovered**

**UPDATE: US Coast Guard just gave a second update and said the missing is a 17-year old... The 5-year-old boy wasn't with the pair as reported by The US Coast Guard.

A 30-year-old was rescued.**

NYPD Harbor, Aviation, New Jersey State Police and the Coast Guard are all involved in a search for a 17-year-old boy who went missing in the waters off Perth Amboy this afternoon.

According to preliminary reports, the US Coast Guard, NYPD, received a call that two people were in the water around 2:40 p.m.

Crews arrived and pulled a 30-year-old man from the water, but we're not able to find the 5-year-old.

Police said the search is in a marina area off Water Street and Lewis Street.

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