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Officer Hospitalized After Two Rescued From Sinking Sailboat On Long Island Officer Hospitalized After Two Rescued From Sinking Sailboat On Long Island
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. Of…

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by Joe Lombardi
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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
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Man Rescued From Sinking Kayak In Great South Bay Man Rescued From Sinking Kayak In Great South Bay
Man Rescued From Sinking Kayak In Great South Bay A man was rescued after his kayak overturned and sank on the Great South Bay. David Kennedy, 52, of Patchogue, was paddling in a 12-foot Pelican kayak with a friend in another kayak when he was thrown overboard by a rogue wave Saturday, Aug. 22 at about 7:40 a.m. northeast of Watch Hill in Patchogue Bay, Suffolk County Police said.  He and his friend were unable to remove the water from the boat, and his friend called 911 while Kennedy held onto his friend’s kayak to stay afloat, police said. Marine Bureau officers aboard Marine Gulf and Marine X-Ray responded.  …

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by Joe Lombardi