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Man Rescued After Kayak Flips In Great South Bay Man Rescued After Kayak Flips In Great South Bay
Man Rescued After Kayak Flips In Great South Bay A kayaker found himself in a perilous position in the Great South Bay after overturning and struggling to get back to shore without assistance, police said. Suffolk County Police Marine officers on patrol near Buoy 7 in the Fire Island Inlet found an overturned kayak in the water at approximately 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 11, without its operator in the area. Police said that a few hundred feet away, Officers Robert Jenkins and Raymond Cairo found the man, Benjamin Chen, age 31, of Flushing, still in the water clinging to the side of another man’s kayak. The man in the second kayak was able…

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by Zak Failla
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Clam Dredge Captain Rescued After Experiencing Medical Issue Near Fire Island Clam Dredge Captain Rescued After Experiencing Medical Issue Near Fire Island
Clam Dredge Captain Rescued After Experiencing Medical Issue Near Fire Island After experiencing a medical issue near Fire Island, a clam dredge captain was rescued, police say. Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officers say 44-year-old Ronald Garay, captain of the 77-foot commercial clam dredge Mary T, was fishing in the Atlantic Ocean south of Point O’Woods, Fire Island when he started to experience shortness of breath the night of Wednesday, April 17, police say. Police say Garay called for assistance over Marine VHF radio. The Marine Bureau heard the call and dispatched a rescue boat, Marine Kilo, crewed by Officers and New York State Certified Emergency Medica…

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by Valerie Musson