{"id":9542,"date":"2021-09-01T04:55:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T08:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=9542"},"modified":"2021-09-01T05:16:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T09:16:51","slug":"fundraiser-set-up-for-fallen-south-seaside-park-lifeguards-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2021\/09\/fundraiser-set-up-for-fallen-south-seaside-park-lifeguards-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Fundraiser Set Up for Fallen South Seaside Park Lifeguard&#8217;s Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-bb400f2b6a8f7b415b7a7757de439d59 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:550px; max-height:550px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"600\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N4JVTfdnI-0?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p>After a day of tears, remembrances and memorial services, the South Seaside Park community is preparing to lay lifeguard Keith Pinto, 19, to rest after a tragic lightning strike while on duty Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Beaches will remain closed to swimming Wednesday and Thursday in the South Seaside Park section of Berkeley Township after the deadly lightning strike claimed the life of Pinto and sent seven others \u2013 including four fellow guards \u2013 to the hospital with lesser injuries.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/rest-in-peace-keith-pinto\/\">fundraiser for Pinto&#8217;s family<\/a> through the GoFundMe platform had raised more than $44,000 by Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Keith has left behind an overwhelming amount of amazing memories that will live in our hearts forever,&#8221; organizer Chase Vander Vliet wrote. &#8220;All donations will go directly to Keith\u2019s family for the proper goodbye that he deserves. Our hearts are broken by what happened and all our love and support goes out to the Pinto family and all others affected by this tragedy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The full fundraiser can be found here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/rest-in-peace-keith-pinto\/\">https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/rest-in-peace-keith-pinto\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2021\/09\/fundraiser-set-up-for-fallen-south-seaside-park-lifeguards-family\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a day of tears, remembrances and memorial services, the South Seaside Park community is preparing to lay lifeguard Keith Pinto, 19, to rest after a tragic lightning strike while on duty Monday. 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