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Good Samaritan Rescues Long Island Man After Falling Off Boat Good Samaritan Rescues Long Island Man After Falling Off Boat
Good Samaritan Rescues Long Island Man After Falling Off Boat A Good Samaritan saved the day after a Long Island man fell overboard from a boat. It happened on Saturday, April 25 at approximately 9:10 a.m. at Bellport Bay in Bellport. A Medford man was operating a 39-foot Contender boat when he attempted to navigate a turn, was hit by a wake from a passing vessel and fell into the water, Suffolk County Police said. The man, who was not wearing a lifejacket, treaded water for approximately 15 minutes before he was rescued by Matthew Honce, of East Patchogue, who pulled the victim onto his 20-foot Grady-White vessel. Marine Bureau …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Message In A Bottle Science Experiment By Long Island School Found Nearly 50 Years Later Message In A Bottle Science Experiment By Long Island School Found Nearly 50 Years Later
Message In A Bottle Science Experiment By Long Island School Found Nearly 50 Years Later A message in a bottle science experiment by a Long Island School was found nearly 50 years later, ABC 7 is reporting. An East Patchogue resident found a glass bottle on the beach at Bellport Bay which contained a note, according to the article. The note reportedly had a Dec. 1, 1972 message that it was a science experiment of students of William Floyd High School learning about Fire Island currents, said ABC 7. Click here for the ABC 7 report.

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by Donna Christopher