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Three people have died in drowning incidents at Bean Point Beach on Anna Maria Island in the last month.

The city is considering a permanent ban on swimming in the dangerous area.

Bean Point is hazardous due to the merging of Tampa Bay and the Gulf, along with a steep dropoff.

Every year tourists flock to Anna Marie Island, a popular small-town Gulf Coast destination with white sand beaches and a stunning clear emerald sea. But "no swim zone" signs have been posted around Bean Point Beach on the island and the city will be considering banning swimming there altogether after three people drowned in the area within the last month.

A body later identified as that of 20-year-old Abhigyan Patel was recovered from the water one mile west of Anna Maria Island on A

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