Jack Shapiro, a 54-year-old outdoorsman and retired Brooklyn cop, was winter-surfing off Gilgo Beach with friends around 2:20 p.m. Sunday when he plunged into the surf and had to be pulled to

A former New York City police sergeant died from an apparent drowning while surfing in Long Island’s frigid waters on Sunday.

Jack Shapiro, 54, of Holbrook — who officials say retired from the NYPD more than a decade ago — became unresponsive as he surfed just off the Babylon beach around 2:20 p.m. Sunday,

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A former sergeant for the New York Police Department has died in a suspected drowning on Long Island. Jack Shapiro was surfing at Gilgo Beach on Sunday, January 19th when, just after 2:00 pm local time,

LONG ISLAND - A former NYPD officer died after being found unresponsive off the coast of Gilgo Beach on Sunday, according to the Associated Press. Jack Shapiro, 54, was pulled ashore by a bystander while surfing in Long Island’s frigid waters. Despite receiving CPR and being rushed to a nearby hospital, he was pronounced dead.

Jack Shapiro, 54, of Holbrook was identified as the victim after being pulled to shore by a bystander off the coast of Gilgo Beach just after 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 19.

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to the Long Island Surfers Facebook page. “Our friend, Jack Shapiro, was many things. A father, a retired, decorated NYPD Sergeant, a craftsman, an aspiring Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner…..

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