7 Drown in 2 Days at NYC and LI Beaches

[Matt Molnar]

WHY DOES THE OCEAN HATE NY'ERS?

Friday and Saturday:
2 drowned, 1 missing at Long Beach
1 missing from Coney Island
1 drowned at East Quogue
1 drowned at Sandy Bar Beach
1 missing from Jacob Riis Park

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/27/drrown ... index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/27/drrownings.ap/index.html)

[h2opunk1822]

thank goodness i dont know how to swim!.. hence another reason to avoid the beach!!!!

[Lezam]

Its horrible. These things can happen even if you do know how to swim. Ive seen it firsthand, when someone is sucked into a whirlpool sort of thing. Its almost impossible to get back out.