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Massapequa, NY
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4 Jet Skiers Rescued From Marsh In Massapequa: Nassau County Police
Four stranded jet skiers were rescued from the marsh south of Massapequa on Monday, Sept. 15, at 9:27 p.m., Nassau County police announced on Tuesday, Sept. 16. According to police, the Nassau County Police Department Marine Bureau responded to assist Town of Oyster Bay Constables after four individuals on jet skis became stranded in the marsh. A helicopter from the Nassau County Police Department Aviation Unit was deployed to provide illumination of the area, authorities said. The Bay Constables and Marine Bureau officers safely escorted all four jet skiers back to Burns Park, police deta…
Freeport, NY
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Boat Capsizes Off Jones Inlet, Four Safely Rescued At Lido Beach: Nassau County Police
Four boaters were rescued after their vessel capsized off Jones Inlet in Lido Beach on Sunday, Aug. 31, at 10 a.m., Nassau County police announced. Marine 6 of the Nassau County Police Marine Bureau was monitoring VHF radio frequencies when a distress call came through about a capsized vessel, police said in a release. The 16-foot fishing boat overturned with four people on board. By the time first responders arrived, all four passengers had reached a nearby sandbar, according to authorities. The boaters were transported by Town of Hempstead Bay Constables with assistance from Marine 6 to …
Locust Valley-Bayville, NY
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Radio Monitoring Leads To Rescue From Overturned Jet Ski In LI Sound: Police
Three people were rescued from the Long Island Sound after their jet ski overturned near Bayville, Nassau County police announced on Sunday, July 6 at 4 p.m. Marine 11 of the Nassau County Police Marine Bureau was monitoring VHF radio frequencies when they received reports of the watercraft flipped with all occupants in the water, according to a department release. Marine 11 and the Town of Oyster Bay Constables immediately responded, locating the three individuals and the overturned jet ski. The crews safely returned them to the boat they had launched from. No injuries were reported, auth…
Bay Shore, NY
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Teen Struck By Boat Propeller At Sailors Haven, Airlifted To Hospital: Suffolk County Police.
A teen suffered a serious leg injury after falling off a barge and striking its propeller at Sailors Haven on Sunday, June 15, 2025, Suffolk County Police announced. The incident happened at 3:30 p.m. while a 30-foot aluminum barge was backing out of the Sailors Haven Boat Basin, authorities detailed in a release. An 18-year-old man from Utah, who was aboard the vessel, lost his balance and fell into the water, hitting the spinning propeller. He was pulled from the water by witnesses before police arrived. Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officers responded quickly, including Officer Jos…
Cortlandt, NY
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10 Escape After Boat Capsizes On Hudson River Off Island In Cortlandt
Thanks to their wise decision to wear life jackets, ten people emerged unscathed after their vessel overturned on the Hudson River off the coast of Northern Westchester. The incident happened on Tuesday, July 30 around 3:30 p.m., when a boat overturned on the Hudson River off Oscawana Island in Cortlandt, sending several people into the water, Westchester County Police said on Thursday, Aug. 1. Arriving officers from the department's Marine Unit found that a total of ten people had jumped from the vessel as it began to capsize. Luckily though, they had been wearing lif…
Massapequa, NY
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12 Rescued From Sinking 58-Foot Boat In Point Lookout
Emergency responders were able to rescue 12 people from a 58-foot that was sinking on Long Island. The incident happened just before 3:30 p.m. Saturday, July 27, in Point Lookout. The vessel was about a half-mile offshore when it began taking on water, according to Nassau County Police. All passengers were safely brought back to shore. No injuries were reported. Responding agencies were: Nassau County Police Marine Bureau 6, The Town of Hempstead Bay Constables, Town of Oyster Bay Constables, Atlantic Beach Rescue, Numerous neighboring fire departments. SeaT…
Brentwood, NY
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5 Onboard Raft In Distress Rescued On Long Island Sound In Riverhead
Five occupants of a raft in distress with insufficient safety gear were rescued on the Long Island Sound. At about 9:30 a.m. Sunday, June 23, the Riverhead Police Department received a call from someone who stated he was on a raft with four other people in the Long Island Sound off Reeves Beach and needed assistance. The person reported the five were fishing when the current and wind began blowing them further away from the beach, and they could not return. Riverhead Police Marine Unit and Dive Team members and the Riverhead Fire Department responded to the area. Riverhe…
Greenwich, CT
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Sinking Boat With 5 Passengers Rescued By Greenwich Police Marine Unit
A boat that was taking on water with five passengers aboard was rescued by a Fairfield County police marine unit. The incident took place in Greenwich near Great Captain Island, on Long Island Sound on Saturday, Aug. 19, when the vessel ran into trouble. Lt. Patrick Smyth of the Greenwich Police said the department's Marine Section 139 located the boat. They deployed dewatering pumps and towed the vessel to Beacon Point Marine to be lifted out of the water. The boat was saved and none of the five onboard were injured, Smyth said. An inspection of the vessel and an interview with the opera…
Bel Air, MD
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Early-Morning Boat Explosion Rocks Maryland Marina: Fire Marshal
A boater in Maryland received an explosive start to Friday morning when a vessel went up in flames after a fresh refueling at the Tidewater Marina in Harford County. Shortly before 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 21, first responders from multiple agencies were called to the marina on Bourbon Street in Havre De Grace, where there was a massive boat fire that sent plumes of black smoke billowing throughout the area. According to the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal, the owner told investigators that he had just finished refueling the boat when he tried to start the boat and it caught fire.…
Dorchester, MA
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: Humpback Whale Leaps Out Of Water At Boston Harbor
Whale watchers got their money's worth on Monday morning, Aug. 1, when a humpback whale breached the waters at Boston Harbor multiple times. Joe Fabiano and Paula Brogna caught video of the massive creature jumping out of the water near Deer Island and Long Island and crashing down near their boat. Joe Fabiano and Paula Brogna spotted this humpback whale breaching the water at Boston Harbor on Monday morning, Aug. 1. Posted by Daily Voice Suffolk County Massachusetts on Monday, August 1, 2022 This is the second recent sighting of a humpback whale in the area. Last week, a whale breach…
Massapequa, NY
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Three Rescued From Sinking Raft On Long Island Sound
Three men on stuck on a raft which was taking on water were rescued from Long Island Sound. The incident took place in Suffolk County around 7:30 p.m., Thursday, May 14, when a 911 caller reported three men were fishing and became stranded in a 10-foot inflatable raft that was drifting out to sea approximately one mile north of Sound Beach, said the Suffolk County Police. Marine Officers Greg Stroh and Mike Malone responded in Marine Delta and located the men in the raft within 15 minutes of the call. The boat's occupants, Carlos Argeta 31, Elmer Argeta, 36, and Moisises Perez, …
Massapequa, NY
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Four In Water Clinging To Sinking Boat On Long Island Sound Rescued
Four men clinging to a partially submerged boat in the Long Island Sound that was spotted by a nearby oyster boat were rescued by a police marine unit in Westport. At approximately 2:30 p.m., Tuesday afternoon, June 18, the Westport Marine Unit responded to a call of four people in the water near Peck’s Ledge Lighthouse. An oyster boat reported the incident to the Norwalk Police Department who in turn, alerted Westport officers, Westport Police said. The boat was reportedly clearly overloaded and partially submerged with four occupants clinging to it, according to the report. The me…
