No drownings at LI beaches this season
Photo credit: Newsday/Danielle Finkelstein | People brave the rough surf at Jones Beach late Saturday afternoon, as expected storms approach. (Sept. 08, 2012)
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No drownings were reported at Long Island ocean and sound beaches from Memorial Day through Labor Day for the first time in at least five years, statistics show.
Last year, seven people were confirmed to have drowned along the Long Island shorefront -- the most in the five years that Newsday examined. In 2009, three people died.
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