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Hundreds mourn schoolgirl who drowned at Long Beach

Published: June 25, 2010 9:47 PM
By PERVAIZ SHALLWANI. Special to Newsday

Family photo of Nicole Suriel from 2009. Suriel

Photo credit: WCBS | Family photo of Nicole Suriel from 2009. Suriel drowned in the surf at Long Beach on June 22, 2010.

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Hundreds of relatives, classmates, friends, faculty and neighbors filled an Inwood funeral home on Friday to remember 12-year-old Nicole Suriel, who drowned during a school field trip to Long Beach this week.

More than 100 schoolmates, most in their uniforms of baby blue tops and navy bottoms, stopped by to pay their respects, many unable to hold back tears as they walked past Nicole's cream...

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