The father of a teen who disappeared in the waves off Rockaway Beach over the weekend said on Sunday that he had lost all hope that his son was alive, although the boy’s mother refused to give up. Lamine Sarr, 17, was pulled out to sea by a riptide while going for a dip with two friends near his home on Beach 86th Street at 5 p.m. Saturday, according to friends. Because yesterday it happened in the sea,” Sarr’s father, Mamadou Sarr, 56, told The Post at the family’s home, where a dozen relatives were gathered. “This is very difficult to bear,” Mamadou Sarr said. “I was crying for a long time.”Still, Lamine Sarr’s mother said she was holding fast to hope that their boy would be found alive.

Source: Fox News September 17, 2018 03:45 UTC