he left the house that morning, all right, honey, i m going to go lie in the river. i should be okay. completely fine. at first rescuers thought he was sleeping with the fishes. but it turns out he was sleeping with the fishes. i don t know about you, but i really needed that. just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, authorities in new york are ramping up shark security amid a record number of sightings this summer. they ve begun flying purple flags with white shark images on long island beaches for 24 hours following shark sightings. the goal is not to scare people but to make them aware of the danger. they ve stepped up air ideal and beach patrols. luckily of the 26 sightings this year, they identified most of them as common sand sharks and thrusher sharks which don t typically attack humans.