Ryan Wong and Daniel Persaound, both 13, stood on a dune in Jamaica Bay near 96th Street Beach and Cross Bay Boulevard around 11:40 a.m. on Friday when it apparently collapsed and they came out from under the water, police said. When the two never showed up, NYPD Harbor, NYPD Aviation and FDNY were deployed to carry out a rescue operation. The FDNY had nine swimmers searching for the teens, according to fire officials. Both teenagers were rushed to a Jamaican hospital, where they were pronounced dead, according to police. Wong and Persaud both lived in South Richmond Hill, according to police. Ryan Wong’s relative Gloria Wong posted photos of Ryan with the family on Facebook. Daniel Persaud was 13 years old. Facebook A relative of Ryan Wong posted photos (right) on Facebook in his memory. Facebook “Rest in Peace little Ryan I love you,” he wrote. “You will live forever in our hearts.” Persaud’s sad mother, Samantha Singh, also took to Facebook early Saturday. “For us who left us today, I am lost for words and my soul is bleeding and our hearts are broken,” he wrote. “My God, I do not know how we will live the past today or any other day μου my son, my handsome smart son Daniel Persaud, you left your family my son σου sleep peacefully, my prince Daniel, mom loves you so much” . “You were only 13 years old and you went to a beach to have fun and you were carried away by us,” he wrote.
