Multiple
shark sighting closed all Rockaway beaches on Tuesday until further notice.
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12 was at Beach 91st Street where a surf camp for kids was being held during
the day. Surfer Ethan Pelts says a shark swam right past him.
“I was
surfing out with my friend…and I thought I saw fin come up,” the 12-year-old
said.
He
says he saw the shark’s mouth before it swam away. Soon after, lifeguards and
the NYPD ordered everyone out of the water.
There
were other sightings on Beach 102nd Street and Beach 67th Street. The NYPD has
not given a timeframe for when the beaches will reopen to swimmers.
There has been a
rash of shark sightings at ocean beaches in
recent weeks, including incidents in which some lifeguards were
bit.