CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn (PIX11) -- Two teenage girls drowned after swimming at Coney Island Beach Friday night, according to authorities.
Police responded to an emergency call for a water rescue at 8:10 p.m. near Stillwell Avenue and Boardwalk West, according to the NYPD. The two sisters, aged 17 and 18, entered the water and disappeared from view, police sources said.
After conducting a search with the NYPD's aviation, harbor and scuba units, divers pulled the two girls from the water, police said.
The teens were transported to NYC Health and Hospitals/Coney Island were they pronounced dead, authorities said.
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