Teen swimmers missing at Jacob Riis Park Beach in Queens; search underway: NYPD

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ROCKAWAY BEACH, Queens (PIX11) -- Rescuers are currently canvassing waters after two 17-year-old boys were lost while swimming at Jacob Riis Park Beach in Queens Friday, according to police.

FDNY received a call for swimmers in distress at 6:35 p.m. A diving team was sent to search for the missing people, officials said.

A dozen fire trucks and a swarm of NYPD and FDNY members are on the beach. A video on Citizen showed a swarm of people overlooking a boat from the NYPD's Water Patrol scouring the waters at Rockaway Beach.

Other details were not immediately available.

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Matthew Euzarraga is a multimedia journalist from El Paso, Texas. He has covered local news and LGBTQIA topics in the New York City Metro area since 2021. He joined the PIX11 Digital team in 2023. You can see more of his work here.

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