Body of missing swimmer recovered from waters off Far Rockaway

FAR ROCKAWAY, Queens (WABC) -- Recovery teams have located a swimmer's body who went missing in the waters off Far Rockaway on Saturday night.

Police confirm the swimmer is a Black woman in her sixties.

FDNY and NYPD conducted a search for the woman.

The unidentified victim was last seen near Beach 17th Street and Seagirt Boulevard after 9 p.m.

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