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Officer Hospitalized After Two Rescued From Sinking Sailboat On Long Island
Two men were rescued from a sinking 25-foot sailboat overnight on Long Island.
Suffolk County police officers William Houst, John Mullins, Michael Klarmann, and Steven Squires, onboard Marine X-Ray, responded to a 911 call of a boat sinking in Fire Island Pines Harbor at approximately 1 a.m. Saturday, May 29.
The lines on the sailboat broke and were being smashed against the dock and other boats. Chris Sinforter, age 32, of Brooklyn, and Christian Teneyck, age 37, of Jersey City, were onboard the sinking sailboat and unable to get off safely due to high seas, according to police.
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