Family, friends and the FDNY are mourning the loss of one of their own. Firefighter Mark Batista lost his life trying to save his daughter in the water on the Jersey Shore. naveencbs2ny shares how he's being remembered.
That's how Sanchez remembers the father of three, who went by Anthony and spent 15 years with the FDNY as an EMT and firefighter.Father who drowned trying to save daughter on Jersey Shore identified as FDNY Firefighter Mark BatistaShe was still trembling as she tried to find the words and recalled the text she received on Friday from Batista's wife that changed everything.
"Anthony went to the beach with the kids, and they cannot find the daughter. My heart dropped," Sanchez said. It was Friday morning when crews at Avon-by-the-Sea searched the ocean moments after Batista jumped into the water to save his daughter. She got swept away by a jetty and caught in a rip current. Shortly, crews rescued the girl. Batista was found an hour later. He didn't make it."When I called her an hour later, we started crying. She says, 'I lost him, I lost him. What am I gonna do? I lost him. Dalais, I lost him. It's Anthony,'" she said.
"He went out the night before, and he was tired, but he said, 'I promised to take her to the beach,' and he decides to take her to the beach," Sanchez said.
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