[Alice in Wonderland]

I grew up swimming in the ocean in Rockaway Beach. There were often shark scares but they were no big deal back then. They never make the news. Where else but in Rockaway would the folks return the creature to the water. Gotta love those guys ...

Update:
At 6:00 a.m. this morning a dead thresher shark (five foot in length) washed ashore at Beach 113th Street in Rockaway, Queens. It is presumed that, despite yesterday's rescue efforts, this was the same shark seen yesterday in this location. At that time the Parks Department lifeguards appropriately closed that section of the beach for most of the day, as the shark could be seen swimming just off shore for several hours. All beaches opened today at 10:00 a.m. and will be open until 6:00 p.m. this evening. "It is now safe to go back into the water and we invite beachgoers to enjoy a picture-perfect Labor Day weekend at the Rockaway Beach," said Commissioner Adrian Benepe. "A portion of the beach was closed yesterday for public safety reasons as the citizens, the Urban Park Rangers, and the Riverhead Foundation worked to save one of the most respected creatures of the deep. The Parks Department welcomes beachgoers to Rockaway Beach and all of the city beaches and pools for the last two days of the 2007 swimming season."

[JoanVarga]

Thanks for the pic. For a minute I thought it might have been Ted Kennedy. But it's a thresher shark, not a whale shark.

-Joan

[PinkDolphin]

lifeguards appropriately closed that section of the beach for most of the day,

Just wondering—no one knew there were sharks in the ocean before then??

[stm]

Shoot, that things a baby. People should be more concerned with jellyfish stings than that one.