Leaders will propose extending the hours that lifeguards are on duty, increasing the length of the beach season beyond early September, and building new community pools.
Anthony Carlo has more on the calls for increased swimming safety measures after the apparent drownings of two teens in the waters off Rockaway Beach .Leaders are proposing a series of immediate measures they want to implement to help keep swimmers safe.
That includes extending the hours that lifeguards are on duty, increasing the length of the beach season beyond early September, and building new community pools. They are also calling for existing pools in school buildings to be open for community use which could lessen the need to swim in the more dangerous ocean waters.Two bodies discovered in the waters off the Rockaways over the weekend are feared to be missing teens presumed drowned off Jacob Riis Park.
The family of 16-year-old Elyjha Chandler told police that photos of one of the bodies appeared to be their missing boy. He and 17-year-old Christian Perkins went missing on June 21. Around a dozen people have died swimming off the peninsula's beaches in the last five years, including seven people in 2019.Have a breaking news tip or an idea for a story we should cover? Send it to Eyewitness News using the form below. If attaching a video or photo,
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