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Rip CurrentSoutheast Suffolk, New York

September 16, 2017 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
1
Property damage
Area
Southeast Suffolk

Event narrative (NOAA)

Timothy Allen Osborne, 46, of Singapore drowned at Coopers Beach in Southampton Village on Saturday.||Police said they responded to a call that two swimmers were in distress at Coopers Beach in Southampton Village at 12:31 p.m. on Saturday. Police said one of the swimmers, an unidentified woman, was able to get back to shore on her own, but Mr. Osborne could not.||A group of people who were at the beach, police said, went into the ocean to save Mr. Osborne, and were able to pull him out. Once on the beach, police began to perform CPR on Mr. Osborne. Mr. Osborne was then taken to Southampton Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:21 p.m.

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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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