To the Editor:

Thank you to everyone who helped make the memorial paddle-out for Richard Lisiewski a very special day.

We appreciate those who stopped by the Brighton Beach Surf Shop or made their way to the beach later that afternoon. Dad would have been taken aback by the large number of well-wishers on the beach and those who braved the gusting south winds to paddle out into an almost-circle in his honor.

July 3, 2019