Off-duty Coast Guard members credited with saving distressed swimmer at unguarded N.J. lake [Video]

Four off-duty Coast Guard members helped rescue a distressed swimmer at a lake secluded in a South Jersey township on Thursday afternoon, according to local police.

The lake is behind patches of trees on Harbor Avenue in Mays Landing in Atlantic County.

A witness told NJ Advance Media a group of people with at least two vehicles were gathering at the pit. The group, the witness said, paused their gathering, watching as they ran toward the lake before first responders arrived.