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Latest Long Island Shark Sighting Shuts Down Swimming At Jones Beach Latest Long Island Shark Sighting Shuts Down Swimming At Jones Beach
Latest Long Island Shark Sighting Shuts Down Swimming At Jones Beach The latest shark sighting off a Long Island shore has temporarily shut down a stretch of Jones Beach to swimmers. New York State Park officials announced that there had been a shark sighting on Tuesday, July 28 near Jones beach, prompting lifeguards to clear swimmers out of East Atlantic Beach. It is the latest shark sighting on Long Island, which has seen multiple cases in the past 24 hours. Earlier story - Separate Shark Sightings Off Nassau Coast Keep Swimmers Out Of Water Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said that a shark was also spotted at Jones Beach Field 6 at around 3 p.m. on…

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by Zak Failla
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ID Released For Victim Of Fatal Long Island Boating Accident ID Released For Victim Of Fatal Long Island Boating Accident
ID Released For Victim Of Fatal Long Island Boating Accident Click here for an updated story: One Remains Missing After Fatal Long Island Boating Accident The identity has been released of a man who died after a boat overturned off the Long Island coast in which one of the boaters remains missing. Two other people were rescued shortly after the incident happened on Saturday morning, May 2 in the Jones Beach inlet at Point Lookout. It was determined a 2007 22-foot Angler fishing boat had been attempting to navigate rough water and was hit by multiple large waves, overturning the vessel and throwing all four occupants overboard at around 10:…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Three Teens Rescued After Paddle Craft Overturns Off Point Lookout Three Teens Rescued After Paddle Craft Overturns Off Point Lookout
Three Teens Rescued After Paddle Craft Overturns Off Point Lookout Three teenagers were rescued after the paddleboard they were on flipped over in the water off Point Lookout. Nassau County Police Marine Bureau Marine 6 officers responded on Sunday, Sept. 22 at 5:40 p.m. to a call for a capsized vessel with three people in the water of Reynolds Channel in the area of East Marina, according to police. When police arrived it was determined by both the United States Coast Guard and Nassau County Marine Bureau that a paddle craft had capsized, placing the three girls aboard into the water due to strong currents, said Nassau County Police. Marine 6 recovered a…

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by Donna Christopher
Police & Fire
Three Stranded Jet Skiers Rescued Off Point Lookout Three Stranded Jet Skiers Rescued Off Point Lookout
Three Stranded Jet Skiers Rescued Off Point Lookout Three people on jet skis were rescued after becoming stranded off Point Lookout, the Nassau County Police said. Police received notice of three people stranded when notified by the U.S. Coast Guard of a distress call around 9:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 6, said the Nassau County Police. First responders from the Village of Hempstead and Point Lookout at Lido Beach Fire Department responded and rescued the three, reportedly a man and two boys, within a short time, police said. All were wearing life jackets and none were injured. 

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by Kathy Reakes