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Got it Edition CA NY Open Metro navigation US News US News Metro Long Island Politics World News US News Metro Long Island Politics World News Search Search Metro Chilling 911 audio released after NJ grandpa allegedly crashed boat drunk, killing grandkids By Patrick Reilly Published Aug. 27, 2026, 11:12 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Haunting audio captured the 911 call placed immediately after an alleged drunken grandfather crashed his boat at the Jersey Shore, killing his two young grandchildren . Stephen Schneider, 64, had allegedly drunk twice the legal limit before plowing his 28-foot boat into a wooden channel marker in Barnegat Bay after a family dinner last month, fatally flinging his grandchildren, 7 and 9, into the water. “We have one on the boat and my husband’s in the water trying to get the other child out,” the children’s grandmother, Laurie Schneider, 64, yells on the phone from the boat, according to audio obtained by NBC New York . 4 Stephen Schneider, 64, was arrested for allegedly piloting his boat while intoxicated in Barnegat Bay, slamming into a wood channel marker and sending his two grandchildren into the water on July 19. Ocean County Jail The 911 dispatcher can be heard asking if the children were unconscious, to which the distressed grandma replies, “Yes, yes they are!” Later in the chaotic call, the grandmother tries to relay the exact location where they crashed off of Berkeley Township around 9 p.m. on July 19. Explore More Sick thieves ransack home of Florida couple killed in Kenya helicopter crash — stealing luxury cars, $500K sculpture Wedding descends into chaos as families with bad blood brawl at reception Rare animal possibly spotted on Long Island for first time in 31 years “Stephen, are we near channel marker 39? I think my husband’s in the water trying to get one of the other kids out!” she said. Stephen and Laurie Schneider pulled Mya Bella Golabek, 9, and her brother Sigmund Paul Golabek, 7, from the dark waters. 4 Mya Bella Golabek, 9, and her brother Sigmund Paul Golabek, 7, were killed in the crash. Facebook / Siggy Golabek The grandparents attempted CPR before the kids were rushed to a local hospital, where they both died. Schneider, who prosecutors say had a blood alcohol content of 0.16 , voluntarily surrendered himself at the Berkley Township Police Department in Ocean County. He was charged with two counts of reckless vessel homicide/death by vessel as well as operating a vessel under the influence and reckless operation of a vessel. 4 Sigmund Golabek (right) and Mya Golabek (left) are pictured. Facebook / Jennifer Cisecki Golabek Schneider told cops he had three beers over two hours while at dinner with his wife, daughter, son-in-law, and two grandkids. The children’s father, Stephen Schneider’s son-in-law, pleaded for him to be released from jail last week . The judge ultimately granted the request. 4 Stephen Schneider is shown during a Zoom first appearance from the Ocean County Jail before Superior Court Judge Wendel E. Daniels on Wednesday, August 19, 2026. USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect “He’s been there for our family in ways that words cannot fully express. Our family is better because of him,” Schneider’s attorney read from a letter written by the heartbroken dad in court. “He’s a wonderful father-in-law, a loving grandfather and a man with a generous heart,” he wrote. 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Ocean County Jail Mya Bella Golabek, 9, and her brother Sigmund Paul Golabek, 7, were killed in the crash. Facebook / Siggy Golabek Sigmund Golabek (right) and Mya Golabek (left) are pictured. Facebook / Jennifer Cisecki Golabek Stephen Schneider is shown during a Zoom first appearance from the Ocean County Jail before Superior Court Judge Wendel E. Daniels on Wednesday, August 19, 2026. 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