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MELBOURNE BEACH, Florida – The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will investigate the red tide symptoms in southern Brevard County, county officials said Monday.
Daniel Narlock, a survivor of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center, said he was walking daily on the beach as part of a mental therapy.
On Monday, Narlock photographed a dozen dead fish and a dead sea turtle, while, he said, he had trouble breathing and began to cough and sneeze.
"It was fish after fish after fish," said Narlock. "I had to leave the beach because it was so irritating. I spoke to several people and they had the same problems too.
[READ: These Florida maps show where red tide, blue-green algae are the worst]Other Melbourne Beach residents told News 6 that they were experiencing the same respiratory symptoms on Monday.
"I have trouble breathing and I have a runny nose and cough," said Alison Blazewicz.
Blazewicz said she was immediately beginning to feel the symptoms while sunbathing near the oceanic community of Beach Woods on the A1A South National Highway.
Officials from Brevard County said Monday that the same typical red tide signs are also reported a few miles south in Indian River County.
The red tide has closed hundreds of kilometers of beaches this year on the Gulf Coast and in South Florida.
[RELATED: These are the local groups fighting to clean up Florida’s waterways]Brevard Ocean Rescue said Monday that all the county's beaches remain open.
Narlock made a report to the CC on Monday.
The county said the state would send him sampling bottles to test the water.
Narlock said that if the red tide was confirmed, it would kill Melbourne Beach's economy.
"People come from the mainland to come to our beach. We are one of the best beaches in the world, "said Narlock.
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