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Video Shows Moment Kayaker Rescued After Treading Water For Over Hour Near Riverhead Video Shows Moment Kayaker Rescued After Treading Water For Over Hour Near Riverhead
Video Shows Moment Kayaker Rescued After Treading Water For Over Hour Near Riverhead A camera was rolling the moment a stranded kayaker finally reached safety after spending over an hour treading water off Long Island. The successful rescue operation happened at around 5:45 p.m. Sunday, June 23, near Reeves Beach, located in the Riverhead hamlet of Baiting Hollow. A man called 911 saying he was unable to locate his friend who had been on a kayak west of the beach. Officers with the Riverhead Police Marine and the Suffolk County Police Aviation units later spotted an overturned kayak with a man in a lifejacket in the water, nearly one mile north of Reeves Beach. Helicopter…

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by Michael Mashburn