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Lifeguard From New Canaan Rescues Three In Canoe Off Shippan Point Lifeguard From New Canaan Rescues Three In Canoe Off Shippan Point
Lifeguard From New Canaan Rescues Three In Canoe Off Shippan Point At the end of a long day on the beach, a 22-year-old lifeguard at a local beach club saved three fishermen who had capsized the canoe off Shippan Point. The event took place around 8 p.m. Saturday about 100 yards offshore of Woodway Beach Club, when lifeguard Morgan Carson of New Canaan saw what he thought was three men struggling in the water just off the point, said Stamford Police Sgt. Kevin Fitzgibbons. "He grabbed his rescue kayak and headed into the water to rescue the men," Fitzgibbons. When Carson reached the men they all had on life jackets but were intoxicated, so he he…

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by Kathy Reakes