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Photos: Vincent D'Onofrio, Others Sculpt Sand Masterpieces At Coney Island
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Christopher Robbins
Published Jul 22, 2012
Modified Jul 22, 2012
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Vincent D'Onofrio and his family decided to win the 21st annual Coney Island sand sculpting contest yesterday, and so they did. "We watched this morning on YouTube how to do sandcastles and we just figured it out when we got here," he told the Daily News. "We never thought we were as good as we are doing this." Maybe it was all that time J-Lo and Vince Vaughn spent wading in the sands of his brain?
While the D'Onofrio family won the "mixed" category for their treasure chest with gold coins ("We love pirates!" D'Onofrio's wife helpfully exclaimed to DNAinfo) A.C. installer Victor Ozan of East New York's elephant and New Jersey resident Hector Patino's buxom woman shared first prize overall.
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Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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