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Coast Guard: Search for swimmer in Queens now recovery mission

New York City Fire Department personnel on the beach in...

New York City Fire Department personnel on the beach in Far Rockaway, Queens, on Sunday night, search for a man who went missing after entering the water. Credit: Jim Staubitser

By John Valentijohn.valenti@newsday.com

The U.S. Coast Guard called off its search for a 29-year-old man who went into the water off Beach 13th Street in Far Rockaway, Queens, at 2 a.m. Monday.

The NYPD said it had divers in the water searching for the missing man until 4 a.m. and said those divers had been redeployed again at dawn Monday.

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The U.S. Coast Guard called off its search for a 29-year-old man who went into the water off Beach 13th Street in Far Rockaway, Queens, at 2 a.m. Monday.

The NYPD said it had divers in the water searching for the missing man until 4 a.m. and said those divers had been redeployed again at dawn Monday.

The Coast Guard said the mission had been changed from a rescue operation to a recovery mission. Additional details were not available as of Monday afternoon.

John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”