>>> A WARNING TO SWIMMERS, THE 
COAST OF LONG ISLAND HAS BECOME 
SHARK CENTRAL THIS WEEK.  
ANOTHER SHARK SIGHTING PULLED 
SWIMMERS OUT OF THE WATER AGAIN 
.12 SHARKS HAVE BEEN SPOTTED 
SINCE MONDAY.NINA PINEDA IS IN 
LIDO BEACH  NASSAU COUNTY.  
>> Reporter:  LIFEGUARDS HERE 
OFF-DUTY AS OF 6 PM AND THE 
SWIMMING IS NOT RECOMMENDED, 
BUT PEOPLE ARE IN THE WATER AS 
WE SPEAK.  
NOW, SOME CHOOSING NOT TO, AND 
I DO NOT BLAME THEM.  
LIFEGUARDS SPOTTED A SHARK 
AROUND 1 PM TODAY.  
THEY SAY THEY SAW A DARK THIN 
APPEARING, GOING AFTER PRAY BY 
THE SHORELINE.  
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT CAUSED 
PANIC AND SWIMMERS DASHED OUT 
OF THE WATER .2 DAYS SHARK 
SIGHTING IS ONE OF 12 IN A 
WEEK, ALL OF THEM ALONG THE 
SOUTHERN LONG ISLAND SURE FROM 
CIVIC BEACH TO LIDO BEACH WEST 
WHICH IS WHERE I AM AND EVEN 
FURTHER EAST AT JONES BEACH 
AROUND 4 PM A FIN WAS SPOTTED 
AT LIDO BEACH AND OFFICIAL 
STOPPED ALL SWIMMING.  
THEY SAY THEY NOW HAVE SHARK 
PATROL ON THE WATERS BASICALLY 
IT IS A JET SKI WATERCRAFT WITH 
A TEAM OF LIFEGUARDS ON IT 
MONITORING THE WATER.  
NASSAU COUNTY UPPING THE 
HELICOPTER AND MARINE OCEAN 
PATROLS.  
MANY COMFORTABLE WITH THESE 
PATROLS AND THEY ARE STILL 
KEEPING THEIR EYES OPEN.  
>> WE DID SEE THAT THE FLAGS 
WERE GREEN AND THEY WENT TO 
RED.  
EVER BUT HE HAD TO GET OUT.  
A SCARY SITUATION FOR SURE.  
>> IT IS A LITTLE NERVE-RACKING 
BUT WE HAVE NOT BEEN IN THE 
WATER TODAY YET.  
WE WERE GOING TO GO IN THE 
WATER, THEY SAID WE COULD GO 
UPTOWN EAST I THINK THEY SAID 
YOU KNOW, I AM ALWAYS IN THE 
WATER ESPECIALLY WITH MY SON.  
>> Reporter: BACK HERE LIVE AT 
SIX, PEOPLE ARE IN THE WATER  
OF COURSE AT THEIR OWN RISK RED 
OFFICIALS SAY THE SHARK 
SIGHTINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED 
ARE BULL SHARKS.  
THEY ARE KNOWN TO BE MUCH MORE 
AGGRESSIVE.  
I SAY A SHARK IS A SHARK AND 
MANY PEOPLE WOULD PROBABLY 
AGREE, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE 
FATAL SHARK ATTACK IN MAINE.
