People in Montauk knock Coast Guard officer's removal
Photo credit: tcolla.com | A Coast Guard 47-foot rescue boat trains about 8 a.m. on Aug. 23, 2009, in the surf off Montauk Point. The Coast Guard said the driver was unqualified to handle the conditions.
The Montauk docks were abuzz with disbelief and disappointment Saturday over the removal of their top Coast Guard officer, stripped of his duties after he and a subordinate took a pair of rescue boats on training exercises for which they were not certified.
And one photographer who created dramatic shots of those exercises in heavy surf after Hurricane Bill passed Long Island in August says...
