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Boating Safety
Quincy, MA
News
Dave Portnoy Rescued Off Mass. Coast By Coast Guard: 'Almost Lost Captain Dave Today'
President of Bar Stool sports and resident "one-bite" pizza reviewer Dave Portnoy nearly went the way of the Titanic after he said his boat was swept out to sea off the coast of Nantucket. Portnoy, never one to miss out on a good fish story, regaled his fans in a video on X about how the Coast Guard had to rescue him after he untethered his boat before checking to see if it had any power first. It didn't, which meant he had "no radio, no anchor, no nothing," he said. “Next thing you know, Captain Dave is lost at sea.” Portnoy said heavy winds pushed his yacht toward other boats…
Poughkeepsie, NY
Police & Fire
4 Boaters, 2 Dogs Rescued After Boat Capsizes In Hudson River
Firefighters rescued four people and two dogs after a 17-foot boat capsized in the Hudson River. The incident occurred in Dutchess County near New Hamburgh and the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge around 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 3. According to Chief Jeffrey Renihan of the New Hamburg Fire Department, the department responded to a water emergency call that four people and two animals were hanging on a 17-foot boat that had capsized in the Hudson River. When crews arrived in the department's boat, with help from the New York State Police Aviation, they found the boat on the north of the bridge.&nbs…
Mahopac, NY
Police & Fire
Officers Save Business Owner, Dog Stranded On Hudson Valley Island After Sudden Storm
A cafe owner and her dog were rescued from the shores of an island in a Hudson Valley lake after becoming stranded following a sudden thunderstorm that knocked them from their paddle board. The events leading up to the rescue began in Putnam County on Sunday, June 23, when a microburst slammed the area of Lake Mahopac around 5:30 p.m., bringing heavy rains and high winds and knocking down trees and power lines. During this time, the owner of Mahopac's Freight House Cafe, Donna Massaro, had been paddle boarding on Lake Mahopac with her dog, Joey. When the storm hit, it brought he…
Vernon-Rockville, CT
Police & Fire
2 CT Men Found Dead In Lake After Canoe Overturns
Two Connecticut men were found dead in a lake after their canoe overturned. The incident occurred in Tolland County in Bolton at Lower Bolton Lake on Wednesday, March 13. According to Paul Copleman, spokesperson for the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, multiple fire departments responded with vessels and dive teams to search for the men. Dive teams recovered one man who was transported and pronounced dead at the hospital, Copleman said. Emergency responders recovered a second body during rescue efforts. The man was pronounced dead on the scene, he added. Cop…
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Heroic Rescue: Teen Swimmers Saved After Getting Swept Away On Long Island
Two teenagers’ swimming day turned dangerous when they were swept away in the current of the Long Island Sound, leading to a rescue mission involving multiple departments. Earlier report: Teens Saved From Near-Drowning On Long Island Sound After Boat Breaks Down The incident was first reported on Thursday, July 6 at approximately 5:30 p.m., according to Cutchogue Fire Department. Teams from the department, along with Southold Police and the Mattituck Fire Department, responded to the scene off Duck Pond Point, where a 23-foot boat had been disabled and adrift, with two 16-year-old p…
Villas-Lower Township, NJ
News
Missing 33-Year-Old Cape May Boater Found: Coast Guard
UPDATE: A boater who went missing a mile east of Cape May Monday, Aug. 29 has been found, authorities said. The US Coast Guard and New Jersey State Police are searching for an overdue boater approximately a mile east of Cape May Villas, authorities said. Missing is Christian Johnathon Hosford, Jr., 33, last seen around sunset on Monday, Aug. 29 in a 10-foot John boat near his home in Cape May Villas. Hosford reportedly did not have a life jacket, a whistle or any other safety gear with him at the time. Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay watchstanders received a call at 9:50 p.m. Monday, from …
Lakewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Troopers Rescue 11 Boaters Sinking Off Jersey Shore
Eleven passengers in a sinking boat were rescued by New Jersey State Police. On Aug. 14, several troopers rescued the passengers from the 21-foot boat in Point Pleasant. At 4:24 p.m., Sergeant First Class Christopher Kochman, along with Troopers Michael Sugzda, Kristofer Buonomo, Francis Morris, and Luke Drazdik of Point Pleasant Station observed a vessel in distress in the Point Pleasant Canal. As the troopers approached the vessel, they discovered that the 21-foot Sea Ray that took on several large waves over its bow began to take on water. The troopers immediately began to render…
Waldorf, MD
Police & Fire
Bodies Of Missing Father, Son Pulled From Potomac River In Maryland
The bodies of a 10-year-old boy and his 43-year-old father from Virginia have been recovered from the Potomac River in Maryland, with officials Id'ing the latter, police said. Royal, Virginia resident Elias Isai Sandoval Pimentel was found pulled from the river when his body was located on Tuesday, Aug. 2, a day after investigators recovered his young son's body, whose name has not been released. Pimentel was boating with his family near Swan Point in Charles County on Monday when his children began to struggle in the water, officials said. One of the children was able to be saved, but the …
Hudson, NY
Police & Fire
Two Rescued From Partially Sunken Jet Skis In Region
Other than some likely bruised egos, two jet skiers are safe after being rescued from the Hudson River. Emergency crews were called around 9 p.m. Friday, May 13, with reports of two personal watercraft (PWC) operators in distress near the Rip Van Winkle Bridge in Catskill, according to the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office. Several agencies, including the US Coast Guard, responded and found one man stranded on a partially sunken jet ski, police said. A team from the Glasco Fire Department was able to locate the second man on a disabled watercraft nearby. Crews secured the partially sunken je…
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Watch
: Coast Guard, Good Samaritan Rescue 6 Jersey Shore Boaters
Six boaters were rescued by members of the US Coast Guard and a good Samaritan approximately 34 miles east of Atlantic City Thursday. Watchstanders in the Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay Command Center in Philadelphia received an alert that a 28-foot pleasure craft with six people aboard was taking on water due to the inclement weather and the heavy seas in the area. An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City launched to assist the boaters. Video shows the Dolphin aircrew hoisting two of the boaters to safety while a nearby good Samaritan crew assisted w…
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
10 Rescued From Sinking Boat Off Long Island Coast
Nearly a dozen passengers were pulled to safety from a boat that was sinking off the northern coast of Long Island. The incident happened around 8:40 p.m. Saturday, July 25, in Half Moon Bay off of Sands Point in Nassau County. According to Nassau County Police Marine Bureau Officers, while on routine patrol, Marine 8 observed a 21-foot vessel operating and taking on waves over its bow. The vessel was partially submerged and had taken on a large amount of water. The officers immediately directed the passengers to put on their USCG approved flotation devices and removed al…
Mamaroneck, NY
Police & Fire
Five Rescued From Capsized Boat In Long Island Sound
Five people were rescued after their boat overturned in the Long Island Sound. The incident happened Tuesday, July 7 at about 4:30 p.m. off the coast of Crab Meadow Beach in Fort Salonga in Suffolk County. Upon arriving, Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officers Dave Froehlich and Patrick Ennis found the five, all men, standing on the underside of a recreational 21-foot Pro-Line vessel that overturned after being struck by a wave approximately 20 minutes earlier. Three of the passengers, who were wearing life vests, were able to swim to Marine Bravo. The officers threw…
Shelton, CT
Police & Fire
Boaters, Kayaker Rescued In Separate Long Island Sound Incidents
Three stranded boaters and a kayaker were rescued in two separate Long Island Sound incidents off the coast of Fairfield County. City of Stamford firefighters, manning the Fireboat 236, rescued the kayaker in distress at around 4:15 p.m. Monday, July 6 after a telephone report prompted the response of the city's emergency services, the Stamford Fire Department said. The vicitim was reported to be on a breakwall off on Greenway Island. The fire department's fireboat and SCUBA rescue units were dispatched in addition to Stamford EMS and Stamford Police. Units on shore at Cove Island par…
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Seven On Sinking Boat Saved By 12-Year-Old's Call For Help
A group of seven people stranded on a sinking boat on Long Island Sound were rescued by police after a call from a 12-year-old onboard. The incident took place around 3:13 p.m., Sunday, May 24, when the Southold Police Department received a call from a 12-year-old boy reporting he was on a boat on the Sound that was sinking. Southhold Police marine units located the vessel about a mile northeast of Duck Pond Road in Cutchogue, police said. A total of seven people were aboard the sinking vessel and brought back to Mattituck Creek, police said. The boat was towed back ashore by a marine tow…
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Four Rescued After Boat Capsizes In Long Island Sound
Four people were rescued from the waters of Long Island Sound after the catamaran capsized while attempting to anchor. The incident took place around 1:30 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 13, near Fishers Island, said Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer Hunter Medley. Medley said the group was attempting to drop anchor when the boat capsized. Three were rescued from the waters by a passing Good Samaritan, a third was rescued by Coast Guard officials out of New London, Connecticut. Officials say the victims were in the water for about 20 minutes and were suffering from mild hypothermia. Most i…
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Man Rescued After Sailboat Hit By Large Wave Overturns In Jones Inlet
A man was rescued after awaiting help on top of a sailboat that overturned when it was hit by a powerful wave. It happened around 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21 in the Jones Inlet off Freeport. Upon arrival by Nassau County Police Marine 6 officers, it was determined the boat had been hit by a large wave and the operator, a 45-year-old man, was thrown into the water. The victim was able to climb on the overturned boat and await police arrival. The victim was transported back to shore on Marine 6 and with the assistance of Marine 2 were able to tow the sailboat back to shore as w…
Mahopac, NY
Police & Fire
Boater Stranded Overnight Rescued By Sheriff's Marine Unit
A man who was adrift in the Hudson River after his boat engine died was rescued by members of the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit. The rescue took place around 11 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 18, when deputies located a boater who was stranded overnight on the Hudson River, said Dutchess County Sheriff's Office Lt. Shawn Castano. Deputies were conducting a maritime training exercise on the Hudson River when they noticed a motorboat south of Cruger Island displaying an orange distress flag, Castano said. The boat operator, a 70-year-old man from Delaware County, told d…
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Newly Signed NY Boat Safety Law Honors Memory Of 11-Year-Old Girl
New legislation has been signed into law improving boating safety in honor of an 11-year-old girl who died in a 2005 accident. Brianna’s Law was signed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo this week, which will phase in requirements that all operators of watercraft must complete a state-approved boating safety course. The law is named after 11-year-old Brianna Lieneck, of Deer Park in Suffolk County who died off the coast of Long Island when her family’s boat was struck by another vessel at around 9 p.m. on Aug. 17, 2005, in the Great South Bay. “(This law) protects the operator o…
Pelham, NY
Lifestyle
Be Prepared If Emergency Arises, Officials Warn As Boaters Flock To Waters
Boaters need to be prepared if an emergency arises when out on the water this July 4th holiday and throughout the summer, officials are warning. Marine patrol units in the region are increasing their marine presence over the four-day weekend to make sure vessels are safe and boaters obey Boating While Intoxicating laws. Before heading out on the water, check to make sure your boat has required safety equipment on board, including a personal flotation device for each person on board. Kids under 12 must wear life jackets at all times in New York on boats less than 65 feet and all…
Poughkeepsie, NY
News
Dutchess County Sheriff To Conduct Boating Safety Courses
Marine Patrol Deputies throughout the county will be conducting a series of boating safety courses over the next several months, Dutchess County Sheriff Adrian “Butch” Anderson announced in a press release. These safety courses are intended to provide boaters with the knowledge and safety skills they need to operate their vessels properly and responsibly. Those born on or after May 1, 1996 must complete an approved course to operate a mechanically-propelled boat, as per required by law. Those born prior to this date are not required to complete a course. Each session will take place at the …
Monroe, NY
News
Lightning Strike Hospitalizes Three In Area
A lightning strike on Lake Mahopac sent three people out boating to the hospital and slightly injured another. The incident took place around 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 4 when Putnam County Sheriff's Sgt. Matthew Monroe of the department's Marine Patrol Unit responded to a report of an occupied disabled boat on Lake Mahopac, the department said. During heavy rain and frequent lightning strikes Monroe was able to locate the disabled vessel, near the northwest corner of the lake. The vessel was occupied by two men and two women, all ranging in age from 28-41, officials said. One male passenger t…
Mahopac, NY
Lifestyle
Voluntary Boat Inspections Set For These Putnam County Sites
Be ready for the summer and fun on the water by having a vessel inspection performed by police officers and deputy sheriffs assigned to the Marine Unit on Lake Mahopac. The inspections will also be done by Putnam County Sheriff's Department deputies in Putnam Valley and Cold Spring. In an attempt to educate the community on safe boating, officers will advise boaters of required safety equipment and boating regulations in New York State. Inspections are completely voluntary and a great way to kick off boating safety month. Inspection locations: Carmel Police Department & Putnam County …
