A 6-year-old New York girl died while swimming off the coast of Long Island on the Fourth of July despite the valiant efforts of her family, police said.
Kiara Paolasin, of Brooklyn, and her family were celebrating the holiday at a beach near Sebonic Creek at the Great Peconic Bay, the Southampton Town Police Department said.
Kiara went into the water after a shoe that was floating away around 8 a.m., witnesses told police. She was swept away by the creek current into the bay, authorities said…