‘Well-respected teacher’ identified as latest drowning victim along NC coast
PINE KNOLL SHORES, NC (WWAY/WCTI) — Authorities identified a man who drowned Sunday at a Pine Knoll Shores beach.
Ernest Earl Foster, Jr., a 38-year-old man, drowned on Sunday. Foster grew up in Wilson County and was a well-respected high school teacher in Guilford County.
Sunday’s drowning is the seventh so far of this year along the Crystal Coast.
Assistant Town Manager Julie Anderson said just prior to 3 p.m. Sunday, Pine Knoll Shores emergency response units were dispatched to the Memorial Park beach access for a water rescue of multiple victims, including three children. Anderson said Good Samaritans had already reached the three children.
One of those kids and a Good Samaritan were assisted to the shore by a PKS police officer. The other two minor children and another Good Samaritan were brought in on jet ski by PKS EMS.
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