{"id":130544,"date":"2025-08-09T01:52:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T01:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/130544\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T01:52:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T01:52:15","slug":"teen-drowns-at-coney-island-brooklyn-right-near-famed-roller-coaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/130544\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen drowns at Coney Island, Brooklyn, right near famed roller coaster"},"content":{"rendered":"

A teenager drowned in the waters off Coney Island<\/a>, by a popular stretch of beach across the boardwalk from the iconic Cyclone<\/a> roller coaster, police said on Friday.<\/p>\n

A lifeguard spotted the 19-year-old victim floating in the ocean near W. 10th St. and Surf Ave. around 3:10 p.m. Wednesday and dove in to try to save him, police said. But when the lifeguard pulled the young man out of the water he was unresponsive.<\/p>\n

Medics rushed the victim to South Brooklyn Health<\/a>, where doctors pronounced him dead 20 minutes later, cops said.<\/p>\n

The Daily News is not releasing the young man\u2019s name until it can first confirm that his family has been notified.<\/p>\n

The drowning comes just one week after the body of a 23-year-old man washed ashore on Rockaway Beach<\/a> near Beach 25th St. The swimmer, a recent immigrant from Africa, disappeared on July 25 near Beach 20th St. around 6 p.m. as storm clouds were gathering.<\/p>\n

Swimming is prohibited on New York City beaches during thunderstorms and every day after lifeguards go off duty at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

A week and a half before the 23-year-old swimmer\u2019s body was found, on July 20 another man\u2019s body was discovered floating in the water<\/a> about 4 miles west of there, at Rockaway Beach near Beach 97th St.<\/p>\n

Although his face was badly decomposed, he was eventually identified by the medical examiner as Jimmy Rambally, 37, a former lifeguard<\/a> who, despite being a strong swimmer, disappeared while taking a prohibited late-night swim around 11:20 p.m. on July 12.<\/p>\n

Rambally had told his mother he wanted to go lie on the beach and look at the stars. His brother told The News that, according to a friend who accompanied him to the beach, once Rambally got there, he couldn\u2019t resist going into the nighttime waters.<\/p>\n

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