Optimum News 12 Newsday.com MSG Varsity Explore LI AM New York Optimum Autos Optimum Homes

Content Preview Newsday 7 day/Optimum Online® subscribers click here for full access
Not a Newsday or Optimum Online® subscriber? Click here

People in Montauk knock Coast Guard officer's removal

Originally published: October 24, 2009 10:00 PM
Updated: October 26, 2009 10:35 AM
By ELIZABETH MOORE  elizabeth.moore@newsday.com

A Coast Guard 47-foot rescue boat trains about

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...

Newsday & ExploreLI are now available at no charge to Newsday 7-day and Optimum Online® subscribers. To continue reading, please log in or register now.

Already
registered on
newsday.com?
Log in
Newsday 7-day
or Optimum Online®
subscriber?
Get access
Not a Newsday 7-day
or Optimum Online®
subscriber?
Click here

Featured on Newsday.com

Vote

Was it fair for the Coast Guard to relieve the Montauk Station officer of his command?

No. His crew was getting valuable training experience in foul weather. Yes. Rules are rules. He never recertified and should face the consequences.


Top Jobs