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Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officers rescued Marine Bureau Officers Matthew Funaro, Cory Kim and Shane Parker were on patrol in Marine Delta on Saturday, June 15 when they observed a man clinging to his overturned kayak in the Long Island Sound approximately one mile north of Woodhull Landing Road in Sound Beach, at approximately 12:20 p.m. The water was 64 degrees and the wind was pushing the man away from shore, police added.
The officers pulled the man, Humberto Castro, and his 10-foot kayak aboard Marine Delta.
Castro, 47, of Newark, New Jersey, was transported to the Mount Sinai Marina where he was evaluated by members of Port Jefferson EMS.
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