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Long Island Lifeguard Speaks Out After Being Attacked By Shark Long Island Lifeguard Speaks Out After Being Attacked By Shark
Long Island Lifeguard Speaks Out After Being Attacked By Shark A Long Island lifeguard bitten by a shark during a training exercise is grateful he survived the attack and is counting his blessings. Smith Point Beach lifeguard Zachari Gallo, age 33, told CBS New York he felt a sharp, sharp pain around 10:15 a.m., Sunday, July 3, during a training exercise with other lifeguards and reached down and felt a rubbery texture. As soon as he felt the texture he knew it was a shark and hit the estimated 5-foot shark three times in an effort to escape. After the third hit, the shark turned around and its tail hit him in the chest, Gallo said. After the att…

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by Kathy Reakes
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ID Released For Rockville Center 18-Year-Old Killed In Crash Between Jet Ski, Motorboat ID Released For Rockville Center 18-Year-Old Killed In Crash Between Jet Ski, Motorboat
ID Released For Rockville Center 18-Year-Old Killed In Crash Between Jet Ski, Motorboat Click here for an updated story: ID Released For Shirley Woman Killed When Boat Is Struck By 50-Foot Sea Ray One of the two women killed in separate boat crashes on Long Island on Sunday, July 14 has been identified. The crash happened when a jet ski collided with a 35-foot Fountain motorboat at about 10:30 a.m. Sunday in the Middle Bay waterways, southeast of Parsonage Cove, according to Nassau County Police. As a result of this collision, Caitlin Rose McDonald, 18, of Rockville Center was taken to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead by a hospital physi…

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by Joe Lombardi