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Tragic Ending: Man Found Dead In Waters Off Long Island More Than Week After Going Missing Tragic Ending: Man Found Dead In Waters Off Long Island More Than Week After Going Missing
Tragic Ending: Man Found Dead In Waters Off Long Island More Than Week After Going Missing The search for a Long Island man who disappeared more than a week ago has ended in tragedy. Search crews recovered the body of 45-year-old Pierre Morris, of Far Rockaway, Wednesday morning, Nov. 30, in the waters off the east end of Fire Island, according to Suffolk County Police. Marine Bureau officers found him at around 11:40 a.m. off Smith Point County Park near Shirley, police said. Morris, an employee of H&L Contracting of Hauppauge, was reported missing Friday, Nov. 18. Investigators said he was working on a boat at Smith Point Marina when he is believed to have fallen overboar…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Father, Son Stranded In Boat On Bellport Bay Rescued Father, Son Stranded In Boat On Bellport Bay Rescued
Father, Son Stranded In Boat On Bellport Bay Rescued A father and son stranded in a boat on Bellport Bay were rescued by Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officers. Jake Laznovsky, 32, of Mastic, and his father, Jim Laznovsky, 62, of Lindenhurst, were operating a 25-foot 1993 Cougar Cat in Bellport Bay the night of Thursday, May 16. Around 6 p.m., they say the craft ran aground inside of the New Inlet. Police say the men contacted a commercial salvage operator who tried and failed to reach the stranded vessel due to shallow waters. The commercial salvage operator then contacted the Marine Bureau around 11 p.m., prompting a response from Ma…

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by Valerie Musson