Kin mourn teen feared drowned

The mother of a Queens teenager who was still missing Monday, two days after he was pulled out to sea by a rip current, has accepted her son may be dead — but she won’t accept that he may never be found.

“The only thing I want is to find my son. I know he’s dead, but I want to see my son,” said Khady Bittaye Sarr, 51, as authorities continued their search effort Monday. “And (to) get help to send my baby back home — to Africa, to Senegal.”

Lamine Sarr (photo), 17, was in the surf with friends at Rockaway Beach on Saturday afternoon, near Shore Front Parkway and Beach 84th St. in the Rockaways, when he was caught in a powerful rip current that pulled him out to deep water, witnesses told the Daily News.

The teen was first reported missing at approximately 5 p.m. Saturday. NYPD and FDNY rescue teams searched for him until dark, and then again on Sunday and Monday. They planned to resume looking for Lamine Tuesday morning.

Two of Lamine’s friends arrived at the Sarr family’s home accompanied by NYPD officers at around 6 p.m. Saturday to deliver the awful news, his mother said.

“The two friends, they said, ‘Lamine is still in the water.’ I said, ‘that’s it. That means my son is gone,’” Bittaye Sarr recalled. The teen’s family members, who lovingly described him as “intelligent,” “helpful” and “happy,” said they have barely slept since his disappearance.