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Krystyna Naprawa, 63, was standing in the crosswalk on Woodhaven Boulevard when she was hit by the truck making a right-hand turn onto Atlantic Avenue at about 8 a.m., the NYPD said.
Despite pay increases and efforts to simplify the notoriously difficult swim test, New York’s lifeguard shortage is dire. The city says the lifeguard unions are partly to blame.