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State Police said the man reached out to authorities after seeing news coverage of the search

The man who was reportedly last seen in the churning surf at Robert Moses State Park during Saturday’s nor’easter is alive and well.

During the widespread media coverage of his disappearance, the man contacted police to inform them he was safe.

State troopers and park police announced Sunday morning just after 9:30 a.m. that they had “located the previously unidentified individual who was the subject of a search and public assistance request.”

“Following widespread coverage by local news outlets and the sharing of information by members of the media and public, the individual contacted NYSP and NYSPP,” police said in a statement.