The mother of the 17-year-old boy feared to have drowned off the shore of a Rockaways beach is still holding out hope her son will come home days after he and a friend disappeared from the shoreline.

Rockaway Beach is closed Tuesday ... but did not spot any sharks. “We hope for a full recovery for this swimmer,” the parks department said in a statement. “Though this was a frightening ...

The entirety of Rockaway Beach ... the water along the beach’s 7-mile shoreline throughout the day, but the public was allowed to access the sand and boardwalk. “We hope for a full recovery ...