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Man dies rescuing stepson from LI Sound

Published: June 11, 2011 10:35 PM
By DENISE M. BONILLA AND ROBERT BRODSKY.  denise.bonilla@newsday.com,, robert.brodsky@newsday.com

Edwin Barahona, seen in an undated family photo,

Photo credit: Handout | Edwin Barahona, seen in an undated family photo, drowned while trying to rescue his stepson as he was dragged into the Long Island Sound near Wading River Creek on June 10, 2011.

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As his wife and witnesses looked on in horror, a Bellport man dived into the surf to rescue his 10-year-old stepson. The boy, clinging to a small, inflatable pool raft, was being swept out Friday night by a powerful current.

Edwin Barahona reached the boy, several hundred feet from the beach at Wading River Creek, only to disappear under the waves of Long Island Sound.

When two residents...

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