( CNN ) -- Authorities have identified both people who died after being swept away by fierce waves churned up by Hurricane Bill on the East Coast . Tourists watch waves crash ashore at Acadia National Park in Maine on Sunday . Clio Axlerod , 7 , of New York , died after a wave knocked her and six other people into the Atlantic at Maine 's Acadia National Park on Sunday , Park Chief Stuart West said . Of the other six who were swept from that park into the ocean , four made it back to shore on their own . Two -- Axlerod 's father , Peter Axlerod , 55 , and Simone Pelletier , 12 , of Belfast , Maine -- were rescued by the Coast Guard , he said . The victims were among several thousand people who were at the park late Sunday morning to watch the high waves that Bill -- then a Category 1 hurricane -- was producing . iReport.com : See photos shot before tragic wave incident . The people knocked into the water were on a rock cliff about 20 feet above the sea , West said . A wave struck at about 11 : 50 a.m. , pushing water onto the ankles of some of the people standing on `` top of what we think would be a safe area , '' West said . People started to turn back , but then they were hit by a larger wave , which sent the seven into the sea , West said . Some people were taken to a hospital with broken bones or other injuries , according to Sheridan Steele , the park 's superintendent . A witness , Mary Ellen Martel of Maine , said that before the seven were swept into the ocean , people were clapping and laughing when the wind would bring the spray over . `` It was a very festive atmosphere , '' Martel said in a telephone interview . `` It was a warm , sunny day and everyone was just enjoying the show that Mother Nature was offering , but not everybody knows to stay away from the edge -- or way , away from the edge . '' Martel , who had come to the park with her husband , said she feels `` pretty certain '' she had been on the same ledge as some of the victims who were swept to shore . Martel had stood far enough back that the first wave did not affect her much , but when she saw the second coming , she turned her back to protect a camera she had . She was doused from her shoulders down , and she went for the road that led away from the area , she said . `` When I looked [ back ] , everybody was scrambling to get off the ledge , '' she said . Angel Rosa , 54 , had come with family to Bethune Beach , one of Volusia County 's 40 miles of beaches , Petersohn said . Although lifeguards had warned people not to go in the water because the offshore wind built waves to between 10 and 13 feet tall , Petersohn said , he suspects that 's exactly why Rosa was in the water . `` I have a feeling he probably came over to body surf these huge waves , '' he said . He added that such waves come along only every few years . Rosa entered the water Saturday afternoon with a group , but was separated from them , Petersohn said . His fellow swimmers reported Rosa missing , he said , and as rescue teams were mobilizing , beach patrol received an emergency call that a man had been dragged to shore a half-mile away . Petersohn said Rosa might have suffered some kind of trauma that contributed to his drowning . Emergency personnel treated three spinal injuries during the weekend , Petersohn said , as the tough waves slammed swimmers into the bottom . An autopsy report on Rosa is expected in coming days . `` It 's very unfortunate that this happened , and everyone feels terrible about it , but it 's not something I 'm surprised about , '' Petersohn said . `` As big as the surf was , as treacherous as it was , it does n't surprise me . '' Bill was downgraded to a tropical storm and then to an unnamed storm Monday as it headed into the northern Atlantic . The storm was expected to be in the British Isles by midweek , according to a forecast map from the National Hurricane Center . CNN 's Khadijah Rentas contributed to this report .
Girl who died after being swept into Atlantic Ocean off Maine identified . The girl was named as Abigail Williams and her family is in shock over the death of their daughter. Two other people rescued after being swept into ocean . Man died Saturday in surf off Florida .