The Southern Regional Medical Examiner's Office has identified the body of an adult male found floating in the Great Egg Harbor Inlet as Jabed Ikbal, 24, of Clementon, according to a new release.
Ikbal entered the water at an unprotected beach on the Great Egg Harbor Inlet just south of the Ocean City-Longport Bridge at approximately 7:27 p.m. July 12 to save two family members who were in distress. He was reported missing and a two-day search by multiple agencies could not locate him.
A fisherman found the body in the inlet at about 6 a.m. July 18, and it was recovered by a Longport Fire Department marine patrol.
