A Washington Heights man was pulled from the surf in Rockaway Beach early Monday morning becoming the fifth drowning victim at a New York City beach already this summer.
Police from the 100th Precinct in Rockaway Beach responded to Beach 96th Street at the boardwalk after a 911 call was phoned in by bystanders who noticed the victim in the ocean at 12:30 a.m. on July 22. First responders found him unconscious and unresponsive and tried to resuscitate him on the beach but were unsuccessful. EMS transported the victim to St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway where he was pronounced dead on arrival, police said. He was identified on Tuesday as 30-year-old Moises Rodriguez Fort Washington Avenue in Upper Manhattan.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death, but a source familiar with the investigation told QNS.com that Rodriguez is believed to have drowned and his death was not considered suspicious.
