Man found dead in the water at Rockaway Beach, in a summer rife with drownings
Police found a man dead in the water near the Rockaway Beach boardwalk in Queens shortly after midnight Monday morning, officials said.
Bystanders spotted the man floating around 12:30 a.m. and called 911, police said. First-responders performed CPR and took the man to St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police said the medical examiner was working to determine exactly how the man died, but said his death did not seem suspicious. Officials could not immediately say whether the death was connected to any reports of missing swimmers at the beach over the weekend. The man was estimated to be in his 30s.
At least four New Yorkers have drowned at city beaches so far this summer. Bronx sisters Zainab Mohammed, 17, and Aisha Mohammed, 18, died while swimming at Coney Island Beach on July 5.of 16-year-old Elyjha Chandler and 17-year-old Christian Perkins, who vanished in the water at Jacob Riis Park on June 21.
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