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Beachgoer Finds Body of 2nd Teen Swimmer Missing Off Atlantic City

The teens drowned while swimming in the Atlantic Ocean after lifeguards went off duty on June 15

The body of a second teenage swimmer who disappeared in the ocean off the Atlantic City coast last week has been found.

A person walking along the beach at Morris Avenue in Atlantic City found Ramon Quinn's body around 9:15 a.m. Thursday. The body was found about 1 mile from where the teens drowned.

Quinn, 15, was pulled under water by a strong rip current off the Martin Luther King Boulevard beach June 15 while he was trying to rescue his friend Kaliyah 'Kiki' Hand, Atlantic City police said.

Atlantic City Beach Missing Swimmers Kiki Ramon Quinn
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Kiki Hand (inset left) and Ramon Quinn (inset right) went missing while swimming off the Atlantic City Beach on June 15, 2017.

"Our prayers go out to the families that have lost two wonderful children," Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian said at a Friday morning news conference on the boardwalk.

On Monday, a Margate officer found Hand's body washed up on the Jefferson Avenue beach, about 5 miles from where the Atlantic City High School student went missing.

Guardian said the teens entered the water after lifeguards had gone home for the day.

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