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Search Continues For Missing Boater, 3 Dead After Vessel Capsizes Off NYC Search Continues For Missing Boater, 3 Dead After Vessel Capsizes Off NYC
Search Continues For Missing Boater, 3 Dead After Vessel Capsizes Off NYC The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for one missing person after a boat sank five miles southeast of Breezy Point on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 24, leaving three people dead, according to NBC4 and the US Coast Guard. The incident began at 12:04 p.m. when Coast Guard Sector New York received an emergency notification from New York City 911 operators about a vessel taking on water near Breezy Point (located at the tip of the Rockaway Peninsula and directly across from New Jersey's Gateway National Recreation Area and the Sandy Hook Bay), authorities said. Rescue crews, along with the Sandy Hoo…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Two Teen Swimmers Missing, One Rescued Near Rockaway Beach Two Teen Swimmers Missing, One Rescued Near Rockaway Beach
Two Teen Swimmers Missing, One Rescued Near Rockaway Beach Police dive teams and first responders are back in the water off Rockaway Beach searching for two teens who went missing while swimming. The incident took place around 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 1,  when New York City Police officers in Rockaway responded to a 911 call of a water rescue at the Beach 96th Street and Broadwalk, said the NYPD. When police arrived they were told that three teen males were struggling to make it back to shore while swimming, police said. A 15-year-old male was rescued by a Good Samaritan, police said. The rescued teen told police that his friends were still in t…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
Three Fisherman From Staten Island Reel In 500-Pound Shark Three Fisherman From Staten Island Reel In 500-Pound Shark
Three Fisherman From Staten Island Reel In 500-Pound Shark They almost needed a bigger boat. A thresher shark weighing more than 500 pounds was caught by a trio of fishermen from the Staten Island Fishing Club following a three-hour battle off the coast of Sandy Hook, N.J. on Sunday, Aug. 18. Joseph Egitto, 27, of Arden Heights; Pat Salvato, 42, of Tottenville; and Frank Pomponio, 25, of Great Kills, reeled in the 510-pound shark, which measured at a whopping 94 inches in length. The three took turns strapping into a harness as they fought the shark, which was eventually dragged onto the 23-foot boat after it was hooked. The Staten Island Fishing…

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by Zak Failla