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Terence McGovern

Police & Fire
Stranded Kayaker Rescued In Bellport Bay Stranded Kayaker Rescued In Bellport Bay
Stranded Kayaker Rescued In Bellport Bay Two Long Island Marine Bureau officers rescued a man after his kayak overturned.  Suffolk County Police Officers Terence McGovern and Jack Jantzen responded aboard Marine Mike to a 911 call from a man whose kayak overturned in Bellport Bay, between buoys 8 and 9, around 12:50 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 30. The officers located the kayaker, Diego Sponza, who was wearing a lifejacket but no wetsuit, and pulled him aboard their boat, police said. Sponza, age 35, of Shirley, was transported to the Bellport Marina and then to a local hospital for treatment of possible hypothermia.

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Rescued After Falling Into Icy Waters At Marina In Suffolk County Man Rescued After Falling Into Icy Waters At Marina In Suffolk County
Man Rescued After Falling Into Icy Waters At Marina In Suffolk County A man was rescued after falling into icy waters at a Long Island marina. The man was working on a boat when he fell into the Fire Island Pines Marina at approximately 6:15 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 31, Suffolk County Police said. Marine Bureau officers, responding to a call 911 from a local resident, located Vincenzo Peppe, age 69, of Hampton Bays, struggling to get out of the water, according to police.  A group of people on the dock had been unable to get Peppe out of the water. People in the group had extended a rope to him, but he was unable to extricate himself from the cold water…

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by Joe Lombardi