Dramatic video captures the rescue of a swimmer in distress in Rockaway Beach. Authorities say it happened Thursday just before 7 p.m. - an hour after beaches were closed for swimming.
NEW YORK - Dramatic video captures the rescue of a swimmer in distress in Rockaway Beach. Authorities say it happened Thursday just before 7 p.m. - an hour after beaches were closed for swimming. The video shows six people helping pull a man to shore with a rescue buoy amid powerful waves. The man can be seen being pulled in, and losing his footing, being pulled up from the water by rescuers and ultimately making it to shore. Swimming is permitted at New York City beaches from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
That happens when the National Weather Service issues a heat advisory, which the city was under Thursday. Under the new plan, even if lifeguards remained on station until 8 p.m., swimming would still stop at 6 p.m. 'The point is to have a skeleton on the on-call first responder group ...
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