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A 77-year-old woman is dead after she was pulled from the water at a New York City beach on Aug. 11

That same evening, a man drowned at a New Jersey beach after he was caught in a rip current

An investigation is ongoing

A 77-year-old woman has died after she was pulled from the ocean at a New York City beach — the same evening a man died after getting caught in a rip current in New Jersey.

On Monday, Aug. 11, at 6:14 p.m. local time, police officers responded to a 911 call of a person floating in the water at Manhattan Beach in Brooklyn. When they arrived, officers discovered a woman who was unconscious and unresponsive, the New York City Police Department told PEOPLE.

The 77-year-old woman, identified as Liudmila Marchenko, was transported by emergency responders to a l

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