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Massapequa, NY
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Massive Water Search Underway For Missing LI Boater
Click here for an updated story: ID Released For Missing LI Boater Coast Guard officials, along with local law enforcement, are on the Great South Bay searching for a man who went overboard. The incident took place around 11 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23, near Heckscher State Park, said Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer Hunter Medley. The man, who was aboard a 34-foot boat with two women, went overboard without a life jacket and never resurfaced. The women, who could not operate the boat, called for help. Suffolk County Police Department marine bureau and aviation section officers resp…
Hackensack, NJ
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Dorian
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: Historic Hurricane Batters Bahamas, Prompts Coastal Georgia, SC Evacuation Orders
Hurricane Dorian on Sunday became the strongest storm of its kind to hit the Bahamas -- and Atlantic Ocean's most intense in nearly 85 years -- with sustained reported winds of 185 miles an hour and gusts over 220mph. South Carolina and Georgia’s governors ordered mandatory coastline evacuations beginning at noon on Labor Day and school and state office closings on Tuesday, as the historic hurricane took aim at the East Coast. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster also ordered immediate medical evacuations on Sunday -- including hospitals, nursing home, psychiatric facilities and assisted livi…
Mount Pleasant, NY
Breaking News
Westchester Man ID'd As Cape Cod Shark Attack Victim
A 61-year-old Westchester man was bitten by a shark on his torso and legs while swimming in deep water about 30 yards off the shore of Cape Cod near Provincetown. The incident, on Long Nook Beach in Truro, occurred Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 15. The man, identified as William Lytton of Scarsdale according to the Boston Herald, was flown to a Boston hospital by medical helicopter. He is listed in serious condition at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, according to the Herald. The breed of shark that attacked Lytton has not yet been determined. It was Massachusetts' first shark attack in six ye…
