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Huge thresher shark washes ashore at NYC’s Rockaway Beach, shocking swimmers

QUEENS, N.Y. – A large thresher shark washed ashore at a New York City beach🅺, and the shocking moment was a🔯ll captured on camera.

Zoe Berger was a𓃲t Rockaway Beach in Que✤ens on Monday when she saw the shark stranded on the sand.

She said the sea creature wasn’t beached for long before three good Samaritans took action, jumping in the water to he🍸lp guide it back out to open waters. 

One of ꦡthe men helping even had to hold the shark by its fin and steer it back to the  multiple times.

A large thresher shark stranded on the sand at Rockaway Beach, New York City, being guided back to sea by two men and a woman.
A large thresher shark washed ashore at a New York City beach, and the shocking moment was all captured on camera. Zoe Berger via Storyful

Eventually, the shark stayed in the deeper water at the end of the jetty away♓ from beachgoers.