Rip Current — Southwest Suffolk, New York
August 23, 2025 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
A 59-year-old South Carolina man drowned Saturday afternoon August 23rd while swimming at Sailors Haven on Fire Island. Police said Ishmoile Mohammed became caught in a rip current that pulled him west. Lifeguards brought him to shore about 2:45 p.m. and, with assistance from Fire Island National Seashore staff, tried to save him.||Mohammed, a section chief at New York Army National Guard, was airlifted to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore, where he was pronounced dead.
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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.