✅A 19-year-old tuber who disappeared in the Delaware River was found dead Sunday
✅Jason Blanco vanished after getting out of his tube
✅Blanco is a 2024 Hunterdon Central graduate
ALEXANDRIA — A summer night on the Delaware River turned into tragedy when a 19-year-old Hunterdon County man vanished in the water as powerful thunderstorms swept across New Jersey.
After an intense search that stretched through Saturday, authorities said Jason Blanco, of Flemington, was found dead Sunday, ending an ordeal that began when he disappeared while tubing during one of the strongest rounds of storms to hit the state this summer.
State Police Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said Blanco got out of his tube in the Delaware River around 9:40 p.m. Friday near Alexandria. He fell into the water and never resurfaced…