Two teenage swimmers were pulled from the water off Brooklyn and rushed to the hospital in critical condition, according to police, but did not survive the night.
It was just after 8 p.m. Friday when calls came in about three people in the water off Coney Island near Stillwell Avenue and Riegelmann Boardwalk who needed rescuing, FDNY officials said. After searching for more than an hour, the two teens — an 18-year-old and a 17-year-old, both females — were pulled from the water.
Both teens were rushed to Coney Island Hospital in critical condition.
Law enforcement sources confirmed overnight that the teens, sisters, had died at the hospital. Their identities were not released.
Divers had been searching for a man believed to be in his 20s who was still reported missing in the water. Police later said they did not have a third missing swimmer.
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