Jack Shapiro, a 54-year-old outdoorsman and retired Brooklyn cop, was winter-surfing off Gilgo Beach with friends around 2:20 ...

Jack Shapiro, 54, of Holbrook was identified as the victim after being pulled to shore by a bystander off the coast of Gilgo Beach just after 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 19.

A retired NYPD officer lost his life to an apparent drowning while he was surfing off the coast of Gilgo Beach.

Tributes are pouring in for Jack Shapiro, a retired NYPD sergeant, devoted father, and avid surfer, who died tragically while ...

Jack Shapiro, 54, was surfing in cold waters off Gilgo Beach on Sunday when a passerby spotted him unresponsive in the water.

A surfer was pulled unresponsive from the water at Gilgo Beach and later pronounced dead at a hospital, Suffolk County police ...

A good Samaritan had brought Jack Shapiro, 54, of Holbrook, back to shore, but he later was pronounced dead, police said.

Jack Shapiro, 54, of Holbrook -- who officials say retired from the NYPD more than a decade ago -- became unresponsive as he ...

A former New York City police sergeant died Sunday from an apparent drowning while surfing in the frigid waters off Long Island.

Jack Shapiro, 54, a former NYPD sergeant and avid surfer, died from apparent drowning at Long Island's Gilgo Beach. He was found unresponsive and pronounced dead after arrival at a hospital. The cause ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York City police sergeant died from an apparent drowning while surfing in Long Island’s frigid ...