Rescuers search for a 15yr old boy and a 16yr old boy who went missing at Far Rockaway Beach near Shore Front Parkway and 96th Street in Queens on Tuesday October 1, 2019. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
Rescuers from the NYPD Air and Marine Units, the United States Coast Guard Air and Sea Units, FDNY Marine Units and countless personnel on land all converged on Rockaway Beach near Shore Front Parkway and 96th Street in Queens on Tuesday afternoon, after a 15yr old boy and a 16yr old boy, both friends, went into the rough surf and did not surface.
Rescuers search for a 15yr old boy and a 16yr old boy who went missing at Far Rockaway Beach near Shore Front Parkway and 96th Street in Queens on Tuesday October 1, 2019. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
The boys were at the beach enjoying the unseasonably warm weather with at least two other teens when tragedy struck.
Rescuers search for a 15yr old boy and a 16yr old boy who went missing at Far Rockaway Beach near Shore Front Parkway and 96th Street in Queens on Tuesday October 1, 2019. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
New York City beaches were officially closed after September 8th, and Life Guards were not on duty. Two teen friends of the missing boys were seen waiting with authorities on the beach as the search progressed.
Two teen friends of the missing boys wait for word from authorities in Queens on Tuesday October 1, 2019. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
Rescuers diligently searched the waters until late on Tuesday evening when operations ended for the day without locating the boys.
Rescuers search for a 15yr old boy and a 16yr old boy who went missing at Far Rockaway Beach near Shore Front Parkway and 96th Street in Queens on Tuesday October 1, 2019. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
The search resumed on Wednesday morning but as of 10:30AM, the bodies of the two boys were still not found. The search continues.
Rescuers search for a 15yr old boy and a 16yr old boy who went missing at Far Rockaway Beach near Shore Front Parkway and 96th Street in Queens on Tuesday October 1, 2019. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)Two teen friends of the missing boys wait for word from authorities in Queens on Tuesday October 1, 2019. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)Rescuers search for a 15yr old boy and a 16yr old boy who went missing at Far Rockaway Beach near Shore Front Parkway and 96th Street in Queens on Tuesday October 1, 2019. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)Rescuers search for a 15yr old boy and a 16yr old boy who went missing at Far Rockaway Beach near Shore Front Parkway and 96th Street in Queens on Tuesday October 1, 2019. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)Rescuers search for a 15yr old boy and a 16yr old boy who went missing at Far Rockaway Beach near Shore Front Parkway and 96th Street in Queens on Tuesday October 1, 2019. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)Two teen friends of the missing boys wait with Police Officers for word from authorities in Queens on Tuesday October 1, 2019. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)Rescuers search for a 15yr old boy and a 16yr old boy who went missing at Far Rockaway Beach near Shore Front Parkway and 96th Street in Queens on Tuesday October 1, 2019. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)Two teen friends of the missing boys wait for word from authorities in Queens on Tuesday October 1, 2019. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)Rescuers search for a 15yr old boy and a 16yr old boy who went missing at Far Rockaway Beach near Shore Front Parkway and 96th Street in Queens on Tuesday October 1, 2019. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
