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Friends Gather In Memory Of Ciara McKeon, Former Southampton Lifeguard, Who Died Friday

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Pete Critsimilios and Jessica Sanna place pictures of Ciara McKeon outside of the lifeguard office at Ponquogue Beach in Hampton Bays on Saturday. DANA SHAW
A memorial for Ciara McKeon was set up on Saturday at the lifeguard office at Ponquogue Beach in Hampton Bays. DANA SHAW
A memorial for Ciara McKeon was set up on Saturday at the lifeguard office at Ponquogue Beach in Hampton Bays. DANA SHAW
A memorial for Ciara McKeon was set up on Saturday at the lifeguard office at Ponquogue Beach in Hampton Bays. DANA SHAW
Fellow lifeguards and friends gathered at Ponquogue Beach on Saturday to the mourn the loss of Ciara McKeon. DANA SHAW
Fellow lifeguards and friends gathered at Ponquogue Beach on Saturday to the mourn the loss of Ciara McKeon. DANA SHAW

Pete Critsimilios and Jessica Sanna place pictures of Ciara McKeon outside of the lifeguard office at Ponquogue Beach in Hampton Bays on Saturday. DANA SHAW

A memorial for Ciara McKeon was set up on Saturday at the lifeguard office at Ponquogue Beach in Hampton Bays. DANA SHAW

Fellow lifeguards and friends gathered at Ponquogue Beach on Saturday to the mourn the loss of Ciara McKeon. DANA SHAW

Friends and colleagues of Ciara McKeon, 28, a former Southampton Town lifeguard and graduate of Westhampton Beach High School who died Friday, a day after being struck by an SUV... more

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