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Chris DeFeo

Police & Fire
Three Boaters Rescued Off Sandbar On Long Island Three Boaters Rescued Off Sandbar On Long Island
Three Boaters Rescued Off Sandbar On Long Island Three boaters were rescued off Long Island after their boat became stuck on a sandbar. The three boaters were rescued around 9:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 19 in the Fire Island Inlet, off Democrat Point, in Babylon. According to the Suffolk County Police, Andre Thchelischeff, the captain of a 36-foot Bennetaue sailboat, put out a distress alert on a VHF channel after the boat struck a sandbar and became disabled.  There had been a small craft advisory in effect at the time due to high seas.  Marine Kilo and Marine Juliet from the Suffolk County Police responded along with the office…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Long Island Man Stranded For Hours Rescued After Jet Ski Strikes Sandbar Long Island Man Stranded For Hours Rescued After Jet Ski Strikes Sandbar
Long Island Man Stranded For Hours Rescued After Jet Ski Strikes Sandbar A Long Island man who was stranded for hours after his jet ski became disabled was rescued. Jeremy Ashraf, 30, of Rocky Point, was operating a 2020 Kawasaki jet ski in the Great South Bay when the vehicle struck a sandbar near Ridge Island and became disabled at approximately 7:35 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11. Ashraf used his cell phone to call 911, Suffolk County Police said, adding that the cell phone lost battery power shortly after he made the call. A Suffolk County Police Aviation Section helicopter searched the area, located Ashraf, and guided Marine Bureau officers aboard Marine Mi…

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by Joe Lombardi