Lifeguards had closed the beach in Queens due to inclement weather.
Lifeguards had closed the beach due to inclement weather.
Basia Lewandowski, a former lifeguard, told reporters that most guards went back to the clubhouse when she was suddenly alerted about someone struggling in the water. "A woman came up to us and starts yelling and gesturing that someone’s in the water," Lewandowski explained."She went into the water," Lewandowski recalled. "I’m her point person on the jetty. I’m looking at the shack and blowing case whistles and our submersion signal."
Other lifeguards ran down to the water, located the teenage boy and brought him to shore. They believe he was submerged for several minutes.Many witnesses, including beachgoer Sharon Grant, held out hope he would be pulled out alive. "We heard the whistles and everything, you know, the chaos and the confusion about this kid was in the water," Grant said. "Him and his two siblings. His mother was there. I prayed with the mother. My sister and I, we prayed with the mother."The incident comes just weeks after a 13-year-old boy was pulled from the water at
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