The call rang out over a county radio channel on Sunday morning – a sand hole collapsed with multiple victims. Emergency units from the north end of the Island responded, immediately getting to work locating the area where the victims were last seen on the Coast Avenue beach in Loveladies prior to the sand caving in on top of them. Simultaneously, calls were made for two helicopters to be dispatched and a request for heavy digging equipment from Barnegat Light and Harvey Cedars to respond.

While Sunday’s call was a real-time training exercise for Barnegat Light, High Point and Surf City emergency services…