Coast Guard: Search for swimmer in Queens now recovery mission
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
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.
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