Jones Beach lifeguard Andrew Netter holds a 4- to 5-foot long shark by the tail until state parks officials could remove it from the bathing area. (Newsday / Silvana Velarde / July 18, 2008)
Those looking to seek relief from the steamy weather by taking a dip in Zach's Bay were thwarted for a second day by a lurking thresher shark -- at least until it was caught Friday afternoon.
The words dreaded by swimmers -- "Shark! Shark!" -- rang out at Zach's Bay at Jones Beach State Park about 1:30 p.m., causing the 50 people in the water to run out.
Within a half hour, the shark had made it to shore. Three lifeguards caught it by the tail, muscled it into a plastic container sans lid, and carted it away on an all-terrain vehicle as crowds gathered to catch a glimpse.
Tim Byrne, the park's director of operations who first spotted the shark Thursday, said it was the same one that prompted officials to close the same beach to bathers that day.
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