The Operation Splash East Rockaway/Bay Park  Thursday crew show off one of their big hauls. Crew member (shown left to right) Rich Kennett, Captains Elliott Cohen and Peter Graffeo, along with Leigh Block (not shown), flex some muscle after pulling in a boat console that was protruding from the water near the marina.

Big haul of styrofoam, and wood along with bags of miscellaneous trash.

“We may look old but we still have the strength to pick up large pieces of styrofoam,” says Leigh Block. (Richard Kennett, Eliott Cohen and Leigh Block – Peter Graffeo not shown)

 After the Operation Splash East Rockaway crew place the trash at the curb, it gets removed by the East Rockaway Sanitation Department. With all due respect, it’s easier to lift it up off dry land than it is to pull it out of the water. A day in the life….