Lifeguards will reevaluate later Tuesday morning. Police say a 26-year-old Brooklyn man was pronounced dead there. A second person pulled from the water was taken to Long Beach Medical Center and is expected to survive.
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Paul Gillespie, head of the Long Beach Lifeguards, says no one is supposed to be in the water after the guards go off duty at 6 p.m.
According to officials, the three men were carried out by the strong current near Edwards Boulevard around 6:20 p.m. Monday.
Long Beach police were called at about 6:30 p.m. about an unconscious man near Edwards Boulevard, PIX 11 NY reported.
A third man made it out of the water on his own.
A high rip current risk was in effect at all South Shore beaches on Long Island at the time. Later that evening, two women riding a watercraft were hurt after crashing into a bridge in Reynolds Channel.
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Less than 24 hours after a Brooklyn man drowned at Ocean Beach Park in Long Beach, the city early Tuesday closed beaches to swimmers.
