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Dramatic rescue after boat capsizes in Atlantic

Originally published: September 22, 2012 12:41 PM
Updated: September 23, 2012 11:50 AM
By ROBERT LEWIS  robert.lewis@newsday.com

Two Long Island fisherman help rescue three men

Two Long Island fisherman help rescue three men and two boys after their boat capsizes off Atlantic Beach. Videojournalist: Jim Staubitser (Sept. 22, 2012) (September 23, 2012 9:35 PM)

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Two fishermen from Long Island rescued three men and two boys after their boat capsized Saturday morning off Atlantic Beach -- an accident that left another person critically injured, authorities said.

Martin Safer, 55, of Lido Beach, and John Bologna, 48, of Oceanside, were fishing about three miles off the coast in the Atlantic Ocean when a nearby boat, whose passengers were also fishing,...

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