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Officers, Good Samaritans Rescue Drowning Man On Long Island
Police officers and two good Samaritans on Long Island rescued a man who nearly drowned.
Alan Goldberg, age 70, of Coram, was attempting to anchor a boat on Whitehall Beach when he lost his footing and became unresponsive in the water at approximately 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 20 in Port Jefferson, Suffolk County Police said.
The good Samaritans on the beach, Frances George, age 30, and Karl George, age 65, performed CPR until Marine Bureau officers Cory Kim and Shane Parker arrived on the scene and transferred Goldberg onto Marine Delta.
The officers, with the assistance of France…
Man Drowns While Paddleboarding With Kids On Long Island
A 39-year-old drowned while paddleboarding with his two young children on Long Island.
Jing Li, of Flushing, Queens, was paddleboarding with his two young children on Hempstead Lake in Hempstead at approximately 5:45 p.m., Sunday, May 23, when the paddleboard capsized, and Li went underwater, said the New York State Police.
New York State Park Police, Rockville Center Police, Nassau County Police Aviation Unit, Freeport Fire Department, Lakeview Fire Department, and East Rockaway Fire Department all responded to the scene.
Li was located in the lake a short time later and was tr…
