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Wakeboarder Rescued From Long Island Sound After Being Swept Away By Current In Westchester Wakeboarder Rescued From Long Island Sound After Being Swept Away By Current In Westchester
Wakeboarder Rescued From Long Island Sound After Being Swept Away By Current In Westchester A wakeboarder in distress on Long Island Sound sparked a multi-agency rescue effort in Westchester, authorities said.  The incident happened on Friday, Dec. 20 around 2:30 p.m., when a wakeboarder went missing while recreating in the Sound, the City of Rye Police Department announced.  According to the caller who reported the incident, he had been wakeboarding with a friend when they became separated, and he last saw the victim being pulled by the current toward Larchmont Harbor.  Rye Police immediately dispatched patrol units to several shore locations to search for the ind…

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by Ben Crnic
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Man Rescued After Falling From Overturned, Disabled Jet Ski Into Hudson River In Westchester Man Rescued After Falling From Overturned, Disabled Jet Ski Into Hudson River In Westchester
Man Rescued After Falling From Overturned, Disabled Jet Ski Into Hudson River In Westchester With plenty of great weather on the horizon, authorities in Westchester are reminding residents to be careful while out on the water after rescuing a man from the Hudson River who fell from a disabled jet ski.  The department announced on Friday, May 31, that the rescue happened over Memorial Day weekend in Yonkers. Officers from the Yonkers Police Marine Unit pulled a jetskier from the Hudson River.  According to the department, the events leading up to the rescue began when the man tied his jet ski to his friend's jet ski.  At this point, his friend accidentally accelerate…

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by Ben Crnic
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Man Adrift For 45 Minutes Rescued After Falling Off Jet Ski In Hudson River Man Adrift For 45 Minutes Rescued After Falling Off Jet Ski In Hudson River
Man Adrift For 45 Minutes Rescued After Falling Off Jet Ski In Hudson River A man who had fallen off his jet ski and had been adrift for 45 minutes was rescued in the Hudson River. The incident occurred around late in the afternoon on Friday, May 24 off of Croton-on-Hudson. Officers Willie Saez, Isai Morreira and Kirt Maddocks of the Westchester County Police Department Marine Unit were patrolling the Hudson when they came upon an unattended personal watercraft in the middle of the river at about 4:15 p.m. They began a search of the area and requested the Aviation Unit to respond to assist. About 30 minutes later, the Marine Unit spotted the man downrive…

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by Joe Lombardi