Jack Shapiro Sr., a retired NYPD sergeant from Holbrook, had set out Sunday to do what he loved: surfing. His son, Jack ...

Jack Shapiro, a 54-year-old outdoorsman and retired Brooklyn cop, was winter-surfing off Gilgo Beach with friends around 2:20 p.m. Sunday when he plunged into the surf and had to be pulled to ...

Tributes are pouring in for Jack Shapiro, a retired NYPD sergeant, devoted father, and avid surfer, who died tragically while ...

Jack Shapiro, 54, of Holbrook was identified as the victim after ... Shapiro was remembered by his community as “a father, a retired, decorated NYPD Sergeant, a craftsman, an aspiring Brazilian Jiu ...

Jack Shapiro of Holbrook died “doing what he loved ... a retired, decorated NYPD Sergeant, a craftsman, an aspiring Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner…..and an avid surfer.” ...

LONG ISLAND - A former NYPD officer died after being found unresponsive off the coast of Gilgo Beach on Sunday, according to the Associated Press. Jack Shapiro, 54, was pulled ashore by a bystander ...

Jack Shapiro, 54, a former NYPD sergeant and avid surfer, died from apparent drowning at Long Island's Gilgo Beach. He was found unresponsive and pronounced dead after arrival at a hospital. The cause ...

A former New York City Police Department officer, Jack Shapiro, went surfing in the frigid waters off the coast of Gilgo Beach over the weekend when tragedy struck. The 54-year-old was found ...

Jack Shapiro was surfing at Gilgo Beach on Sunday, January 19th when, just after 2:00 pm local time, he was found unresponsive on the shore by health officials. NEWSLETTERS Emailed Daily.