Parks superintendent George Gorman tells Eyewitness News that beachgoers walking along the shore saw the victim in the water around 1:30 p.m. in the area of Field 3, outside a lifeguard-protected zone.
They pulled him out and started CPR, and they also called 911 and alerted lifeguards.
The man was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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