Suffolk Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart spoke at a news conference Friday at the Suffolk County Marine Bureau about a mother and daughter who were rescued when officers observed their stranded kayak in the Long Island Sound, near Sunken Meadow State Park in Kings Park. 


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