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Officials from the Town of Hempstead with team members of NYU Langone, who provided extra training to Town of Hempstead Lifeguards in how to respond to shark attacks. With an alarming amount of shark bites taking place off the shores of Long Island, including an incredibly severe shark bite recently in Rockaway Beach, Hempstead Town
Sightings. >> earlier today, around 1:00 in the afternoon, our guards spotted numerous, not just a singular, but numerous blacktip reef sharks. >> reporter:hempstead lifeguards spotting one of those sharks just 20 yards from the shoreline. >> our lifeguards were able to identify two fins that were a shark, and also another shark that breached out of the water. >> reporter: experts say this type of shark can reach up to six feet in size, but is not typically aggressive towards humans. >> these are actually more of a caribbean shark and we don't know the last time we've seen a sighting up here o...