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NYC's Rockaway Beach closed after 6 drownings

NEW YORK (AP) — Jose-Luis Olivares rushed into the ocean to rescue his 8-year-old girl, who was floundering in the rough surf. She made it out alive, but he was pulled under and drowned.

The 36-year-old Olivares was the third swimmer in two weeks to drown off the white sandy beaches called the Rockaways, where at least six people have perished so far this summer in unsupervised waters known...

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