Two teen boys drowned in the Rockaways Friday after a sandbar they were standing on in Jamaica Bay collapsed, police said.
The Rockaway peninsula in Queens, New York from the air separating Jamaica Bay from the Atlantic OceanThe Rockaway peninsula in Queens, New York from the air separating Jamaica Bay from the Atlantic OceanTwo 13-year-old boys drowned in the Jamaica Bay Friday when a sandbar they were standing on was hit by water and collapsed, police said.
Rescue swimmers responded to a call about a potential drowning at 121st Street and Newport Avenue in the Rockaways shortly before noon Friday, according to the city fire department . The boys, who were with a group of friends, were transported to Jamaica Hospital in critical condition and later died, police said. Police said there were no other victims.
The incident occurred on the bay side of the Rockaways, on National Parks Service land. The department said the kids were near the North Channel Bridge parking lot, where no lifeguards are stationed.
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