There are new warnings on Long Island about safety at the beach. At least four people have apparently been bitten by sharks this week, and there are also concerns about rip currents. McLoganTV reports.
The mother of a talented athletic high schooler from Garden City who was killed in a rip current in Mexico several years ago spoke at Nickerson Beach on Wednesday. She and"Your chances of getting bitten by a shark are, you know, one in a million, maybe more, but your chances of getting caught in a rip current are much, much more probable," Blakeman said.July has been designated as Rip Current Awareness Month at Nassau County beaches.
Josephine de Moura of Garden City knows the pain all too well. Her talented gymnast daughter, Alexandra, was caught in a rip and didn't know what to do. "If I can save one family from the devastation that my family and I are going through, this is my mission," de Moura said."Knowledge is power."
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