Coast Guard: Pair rescued from sinking boat off Fire Island
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two people after a vessel sank near the Fire Island station on Sunday. Credit: US Coast Guard
Two people were rescued from a sinking boat Sunday morning just off the U.S. Coast Guard base on Fire Island, authorities said.
The Coast Guard station near Robert Moses State Park received the call shortly after 9 a.m. and immediately responded, said Coast Guard spokesman P.O. 2nd Class Cory Mendenhall.
“We launched our boat and were on scene within a minute,” Mendenhall said. “From what I understand, it was literally just around the breakwall.”
The pair were pulled aboard a Coast Guard vessel and taken ashore. No injuries were reported.
The boat sank and a tow company will attempt to pull the boat from the water Monday, Mendenhall said.
Vera Chinese joined Newsday in 2017 after working as an editor for the East End lifestyle publication northforker and a general assignment reporter for the New York Daily News.
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