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Shark Week just wrapped on Discovery — but the real shark story this summer is happening in Westchester County's own backyard, from Rockaway Beach to Long Island Sound. This week, The Friday Intel breaks down what's genuinely new (a record run of sightings in Queens, a real shark caught in the Sound near East Haven, CT, and two great whites trackable live right now) versus what's an old story recirculating as if it just happened.

In This Episode
0:00 — Cold Open
0:30 — Intro and Context
1:30 — The Data: Rockaway's record sightings, Point Lookout's closure, the Jones Beach bite, and a real shark in Long Island Sound
3:30 — The Surprise: the "first great white in the Sound" story is actually from 2019
5:00 — What This Means For You
6:00 — Close

Sources: Newsweek ("Shark Sightings Surge Across New York Beaches as Great White Heads North"); Eastern Herald ("East Coast Shark Sightings Surge Through Summer 2026"); CNN (Jones Beach shark bite, July 3, 2026); NBC New York ("Long Island Shark Sightings Rise: Why That's a Good Sign"); OCEARCH Shark Tracker (ocearch.org); Connecticut DEEP 2024 Annual Report on Long Island Sound water quality.

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