An 18-year-old from Long Island and his brother-in-law are dead, and another family member was critically hurt, after an end-of-summer swim in a New York lake turned tragic, according to the family and police.
The family said that 34-year-old Alfrid Haider was swimming Sunday at White Lake in the Sullivan County town of Bethel when he started to struggle in the water. That's when 18-year-old Basir Amin, of Queens, and his 21-year-old sister, Nasrin Amin, went into the water to help Haider, their brother-in-law. Police described that section of the water as a "deep portion of the lake."
All three went under the water and did not resurface, New York State Police said. They were underwater for a "period of time," police added.
Emergency responders arrived at the lake around 2:15 p.m. for the reported drowning. Divers from the fire department pulled out all three family members and started life-saving efforts. The victims were taken to a hospital, where Basir Amin was pronounced dead.
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His sister and brother-in-law were listed in critical condition earlier Monday, but by the afternoon, a cousin told News 4 Haider had died. The cousin said the sister was still hospitalized.
