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White Shark Tracking East With New Ping Near Block Island
A large white shark apparently loves Long Island and New England and has decided to stay awhile.
For the second time in a one-week span, Frosty has pinged in the Atlantic, and it's apparently moving east.
Measuring 9-feet, 2 inches, and weighing 393 pounds, Frosty pinged south of Hampton Bays at around 10:15 p.m. Saturday, May 13, according to the non-profit Ocearch group.
A new ping was reported on Sunday, May 21 at about 4:30 a.m. in between Block Island and Martha's Vineyard. (See the first image above.)
Frosty was first pinned off the coast of Georgia on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2022. …
White Shark Making Splash Off Long Island Coast
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A large white shark is making a splash near the Long Island coast.
Frosty, which measures 9-feet, 2 inches and weighs 393 pounds, pinged south of Hampton Bays at around 10:15 p.m. Saturday, May 13, according to the non-profit Ocearch group.
Frosty was first pinned off the coast of Georgia on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2022.
It's a Carcharodon carcharias shark, a species that includes the white shark, white pointer, and great white sharks. Great whites measure around 15 to 16 feet on averag…
IDs Released For Four On Plane That Crashed Off Long Island Coast
The identities have been released of the four people on board a small plane that crashed during a thunderstorm late Saturday afternoon off of a beach on Long Island.
Two bodies have been recovered. Coast Guard rescue crews, local agencies, fishing vessels, and shore units continue to search the area for the two missing passengers.
The four are Bernard Krupinski, 70, a prominent East End builder, and his wife, Bonnie Krupinski, 70; as well as their grandson, William Maerov, 22 — all of East Hampton — and the pilot, Jon Dollard, 47, of Hampton Bays, East Hampton Police said. Three of the vict…
