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'True Hero' Honored For Saving Jet Skier Who Fell Through Frozen Canal On Long Island (VIDEO) 'True Hero' Honored For Saving Jet Skier Who Fell Through Frozen Canal On Long Island (VIDEO)
'True Hero' Honored For Saving Jet Skier Who Fell Through Frozen Canal On Long Island (Video) Local leaders formally honored a New York woman being hailed as a hero for rescuing a jet skier from a frozen canal. The dramatic rescue unfolded on Long Island's Poospatuck Creek in Mastic Beach, after a man found himself stuck and sinking in the icy water on Thursday, Dec. 26. Kayla Masotto spotted the struggling jet skier from her living room window and quickly sprang into action, walking onto the thin ice with her paddleboard to reach him, as Daily Voice reported. The canal had partially frozen over after overnight temperatures dipped into the low 20s. By the time she got to him, his …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Man Rescued After Falling From Overturned, Disabled Jet Ski Into Hudson River In Yonkers Man Rescued After Falling From Overturned, Disabled Jet Ski Into Hudson River In Yonkers
Man Rescued After Falling From Overturned, Disabled Jet Ski Into Hudson River In Yonkers With plenty of great weather on the horizon, authorities in Westchester are reminding residents to be careful while out on the water after rescuing a man from the Hudson River who fell from a disabled jet ski.  The department announced on Friday, May 31, that the rescue happened over Memorial Day weekend in Yonkers. Officers from the Yonkers Police Marine Unit pulled a jetskier from the Hudson River.  According to the department, the events leading up to the rescue began when the man tied his jet ski to his friend's jet ski.  At this point, his friend accidentally accelerate…

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by Ben Crnic