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Coast Guard Rescues Fishermen Near Montauk Coast Guard Rescues Fishermen Near Montauk
Coast Guard Rescues Fishermen Near Montauk Three fishermen were rescued off the shore of Long Island by the Coast Guard. The rescue took place around 9:30 p.m., Sunday, June 27 about 72 miles southeast of Montauk.  Coast Guard officials received a VHF radio call from a 44-foot commercial fishing vessel, the Nite Nurse, reporting the vessel was taking on water and sinking. The Coast Guard issued an urgent marine information broadcast and dispatched a Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, an HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew, and Coast Guard Cutter Kingfisher to the scene. The Nite Nurse crew was advis…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Search Underway For Fisherman Who Went Overboard Off Suffolk County Coast Search Underway For Fisherman Who Went Overboard Off Suffolk County Coast
Search Underway For Fisherman Who Went Overboard Off Suffolk County Coast A search is underway for a missing fisherman who went overboard off the Long Island Coast. Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound watchstanders received a radio distress call via VHF Channel 16 at 11:20 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7 about the incident that happened 16 nautical miles south of Montauk Point. The commercial fishing vessel Hope and Sydney reported that crew member Carl Whitney, 32, had gone overboard, the Coast Guard said on Sunday morning, Nov. 8.  The individual was reported wearing an orange T-shirt, jeans, and carrying a green duffle bag. He was not wearing a personal floa…

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by Joe Lombardi