Yesterday, authorities, including the NYPD and Coast Guard, spent a second day searching for 16-year-old Tiara Coaxum, who went missing while swimming off Rockaway Beach on Friday. While they are resuming the search today, the rescue operation will turn into a recovery mission today. It's suspected Coaxum was caught in a riptide (the Daily News has tips on escaping a riptide), but some residents wondered to NY1 if there should be more than just two lifeguards monitoring beach activity.
Published Jul 20, 2008
Modified Jul 20, 2008
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