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ROCKAWAY BEACH, Queens (PIX11) -- If the temperatures hit 90 degrees on Saturday, it will officially be a heat wave in the tri-state area.
But even if that doesn’t happen, it’s going to be super hot and muggy, which means many people will come to cool off in the ocean even after the lifeguards are off duty.
So that’s why lifeguards will have extended hours at some popular beaches, including one where one after-hours swimmer was saved last night.
Lifeguards kept on duty for an extra two hours under the NYC Heat go ahead Emergency Plan rescued a swimmer in the water off Beach 81st Street in Rockaway Thursday night.
An FDNY drone team noticed the 32-year-old man struggling an hour after the beach was closed to swimmers at 6 p.m. Lifeguards in this nearby lifeguard station responded and pulled the struggling swimmer out of the water.
He was conscious and breathing and is now said to be fine. “I think anything that saves lives is wonderful,” Jeffrey Rose, a Rockaway beachgoer, told PIX11 News. “And using the drones as a modern way using great technology to save people as well,” he added.
Lifeguards were back on duty Friday night between 6 and 8 PM when swimming ...
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