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Man saves girl from surf at Smith Point Park
Scott Hecht jumped into the ocean and rescued a 14-year-old girl who had been pulled out by riptides near Smith Point Park. Photo by Joel Cairo / July 30, 2009
Scott Hecht of Hauppauge was reading and relaxing at Smith Point County Park Thursday when a commotion erupted on the beach.
Rough surf had carried a 14-year-old girl down the shoreline, too far for her friends to rescue her, Hecht said.
"We heard a whole bunch of people screaming, ‘Oh, my God! That girl, she's drowning!'” Hecht said.
Grabbing a boogie board, Hecht,...
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