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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