Divers raced back to the surf after the swimmer washed back near where he had disappeared hours earlier.
"I just kept seeing a little shadow out the water - something," Nixon said.
Police rushed the unconscious teen to a waiting ambulance and to the hospital, where he is currently in critical condition. They had just called off a search that lasted for hours after the teen disappeared in the heavy rip current in the Rockaways."They all just ran in - these two brothers were going in, and one was going further than the other and the other was like 'I'm turning around, that's too far for me,' and turned around to go back...and looked for his brother, he was gone," Miles said.This is the second swimmer who went missing in two days..
Jacob Riis Park is open daily from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Lifeguards are on duty daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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