{"id":318590,"date":"2026-08-11T13:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T13:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/318590\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T13:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T13:02:08","slug":"drowning-teen-dies-after-hes-pulled-from-water-by-rescuers-at-nyc-rockaway-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/318590\/","title":{"rendered":"Drowning teen dies after he&#8217;s pulled from water by rescuers at NYC Rockaway Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 17-year-old boy died after first responders pulled him and another teen from the water in a frantic rescue effort at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycgovparks.org\/parks\/rockaway-beach-and-boardwalk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rockaway Beach<\/a> in Queens, officials said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The victim was pulled from the water near Beach 83rd St. by FDNY personnel about 7:35 p.m. Sunday while an 18-year-old man was rescued by a lifeguard, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy office is devastated to learn that a young man lost his life,\u201d City Councilwoman Joann Ariola, who represents the area, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/1DRLJzd3iK\/?mibextid=wwXIfr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">posted on social media<\/a> on Monday. \u201cDespite the heroic actions of first responders \u2014 actions which saved the life of another individual with him in the water \u2014 a young man lost his life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Medics rushed both victims to St. John\u2019s Hospital, where the survivor was in stable condition, an NYPD spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>The younger teen was transported to the hospital in critical condition and later died. His name was not immediately released.<\/p>\n<p>At New York City public beaches, lifeguards are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycgovparks.org\/facilities\/beaches\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on duty<\/a> from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the summer. Swimming is otherwise prohibited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 17-year-old boy died after first responders pulled him and another teen from the water in a frantic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,11,10,12,261,122,265],"class_list":["post-318590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-news","tag-nyc-crime","tag-queens","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}