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

An ex-NYPD cop died in an apparent drowning while surfing in the icy waters off Long Island’s Gilgo Beach over the weekend, ...

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

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

Jack Shapiro, 54, of Holbrook, was transported via ambulance to Good Samaritan University Hospital where he was pronounced ...