The searching operations for the two New Yorkers who went messing in the treacherous waters off Long Island and Brooklyn were called off by the Coast Guard on Sunday. Hopes have vanished as the 10-year-old Queens girl and the 22-year-old Brooklyn man did not survive the powerful ocean currents.

The little girl, Akira Johnson, vanished Saturday while swimming off Coney Island with a cousin of hers (Tyriek) also 10 years of age. The boy was rescued by the lifeguards, but they were unable to rescue the girl too.

According to a report from the National Weather Service, the powerful and deadly ocean currents were caused by "long-period" waves produced by winds out of the south.

"There should have been more lifeguards. It's frustrating because we don't know where she's at," said Tyriek's father, Martin Curie. He described Akira, a student at Public School 188 in Bayside, Queens, as „a sweet, loving child who had her whole life ahead of her."

Divers made huge efforts as they attempted to find the little girl, but eventually suspended the search at 3:12 p.m. Sunday. The Coast Guard, NYPD and FDNY worked together as they "conducted an aggressive shoreline search and have not found the missing swimmer," Coast Guard Cmdr. Greg Hitchen said.

Also on the list of presumed drowned victims has been a Queens student, who unfortunately wasn’t found after he went missing Friday off Jacob Riis Park in Queens. Police identified him as, Devon Flanders, 22, from Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

Two swimmers drowned and another one is still missing since Friday in Long Beach, Long Island. The fourth victim of the weekend was a swimmer who was swept by the currents near Sand Bar Beach in the Hamptons and a fifth was pulled from the sea off East Quogue, L.I., but couldn't be revived.

The death toll on the New York City beaches is much higher compared to last summer when the ocean claimed only one victim, the Parks Department informed.

The family members of those who died in the treacherous waters this weekend furiously blamed the lifeguards of the Parks Department. However, the main reason for the accidents was the very strong rip currents. In a statement, the agency said the beaches are as safe as they can be and mentioned that they have deployed record-high number of lifeguards this year at 1,140.

"Our lifeguards worked as hard as they could and were able to save one [of the two children]," Parks Department spokeswoman Jama Adams said according to New York Daily News.

Nevertheless, not only the families of the dead suffered, several lifeguards acknowledged that it’s really tough for them when they do not succeed in saving someone. Counselors will be available today for Long Beach lifeguards.