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Cops save baby deer from icy waters on Fire Island
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A baby deer took a plunge into Davis Park Marina on Fire Island Thursday, and frantically tried to escape the clusters of icy slush closing in on him.
Luckily, Suffolk County Marine Bureau officers Peter Bogachunas and Robert Femia saw the fawn and quickly responded. Bogachunas, 46, of Stony Brook, and Femia, 54, of Selden, were docking their boat when they saw the deer fall into the water...
