Woodbury Man Drowns in Public Pool

By Timothy Bolger Posted on July 29, 2014

Nassau County police have identified a 44-year-old man who drowned in a public pool in his hometown of Woodbury over the weekend.

Jonathan Sobel was swimming in the main pool at Syosset Woodbury Park before he was found floating face down at 1:25 p.m. Sunday, police said.

Lifeguards pulled the victim from the pool and performed CPR.

The victim was taken to North Shore Syosset Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Second Squad detectives are continuing the investigation.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.