DESPERATE CPR ON THE DOCK: Injured Grandfather Fought to Save His Drowning Grandchildren After Fatal Crash

Chilling first responder accounts have exposed the frantic, heartbreaking moments immediately following the devastating boat crash on Barnegat Bay. After the thirty-foot vessel struck a channel marker with tremendous force, a severely bleeding and injured Stephen Schneider, alongside his wife, pulled the lifeless bodies of their young grandchildren, Mya and Sigmund, from the dark, cold water. Driven by pure desperation and horror, the couple frantically performed CPR on the dock in a tragic race against time before emergency medical personnel arrived at the scene.

Detailed first responder logs reveal the immense physical injuries Schneider sustained during the violent impact, showing that despite his own serious medical condition, he fought through intense physical agony in an effort to revive the young children. Despite those relentless CPR efforts and the swift response of emergency rescue crews, both children tragically succumbed to their injuries.

The newly released medical and first responder reports shed new light on the chaos and agony that unfolded that night. Prosecutors have since charged the sixty-four-year-old grandfather with serious offenses after blood tests indicated he was operating the vessel under the influence of alcohol. Yet, these sobering details from the dock paint a haunting picture of a family caught in a nightmare, where an unthinkable tragedy collided with a grandfather’s desperate, agonizing fight to save the lives of the children he loved.