CHILLING 9 PM EMERGENCY CALL DETAILS TERROR AFTER BOAT CRASH IN BARNEGAT BAY

A memorable family outing transformed into a nightmare off Berkeley Township when a 28-foot vessel collided directly with a wooden channel marker in the dark waters of Barnegat Bay around 9 p.m. on July 19. The boat, operated by 64-year-old Stephen Schneider, struck the marker at high speed, immediately throwing the family into a life-or-death crisis and launching a desperate search and rescue operation in the middle of the bay.

Newly released audio from a frantic 911 call captures the sheer terror of the immediate aftermath. Over the line, 64-year-old grandmother Laurie Schneider screams in sheer desperation while trying to guide emergency responders to their precise location near Channel Marker 39.

When the dispatcher urgently asks if her young grandchildren are still breathing, she confirms through tears that they are alive. Meanwhile, her husband Stephen leaps into the pitch-black water, frantically searching for their nine-year-old granddaughter, Mya Bella, and seven-year-old grandson, Sigmund, who were tossed into the night during the violent impact.