Tragedy struck Friday at Coney Island Beach when sisters Zainab and Aisha Mohammed died after being pulled from the water.
NEW YORK -- The devastated family of two teenage sisters who died after being pulled from Coney Island Beach on Friday night spoke exclusively to CBS New York on Sunday.Selfless was the first thing that came to mind when father Mohammed Ahmed described his daughters -- 17-year-old Zainab and 18-year-old Aisha Mohammed.'My daughters are the best daughters, I can say, in the world,' Ahmed said.He was still referring to them in the present tense because he said they're always with him.
About 90 minutes later, Zainab and Aisha were pulled out of the water in critical condition, and later died at the hospital.'It wasn't deep. They were out in shallow water where they could stand. Before anybody could even think, the wind started getting heavier. The wind started blowing. Wind started getting heavier and they started getting dragged out,' Adam Mohammad said.Earlier reports indicated that the teens made it out of the water, but then went back in.
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