Suffolk police rescue two Jet Skiers in Fire Island Inlet

Two men were riding a Jet Ski in the Fire Island Inlet Friday evening when their watercraft became disabled, prompting a police marine rescue amid 10-foot waves, Suffolk County Police said.

Police said Kenneth Scarr, 28, of Bay Shore, and Dennis Meyers, 69, of Massapequa, were riding the Yamaha Jet Ski about one mile from Overlook Beach in Babylon at 5:30 p.m. when the vehicle broke down. One of the men called 911 and reported they were drifting in the inlet, police said.

Marine Bureau Officers Rob Jenkins, Ray Cairo and Kevin Butler responded aboard Marine Kilo, police said. The officers, aided by a Suffolk County Police Aviation helicopter, located the men. The men, who were both wearing life jackets, were in the water holding onto the Jet Ski in 10-foot high waves, police said.

The officers pulled the men safely aboard and transported them, along with the Jet Ski, to the Cap Tree boat ramp. Neither Scarr nor Meyers was injured, police said.

By Craig Schneider

craig.schneider@newsday.comScraigo

Craig Schneider is a Long Island native and Stony Brook University alumnus. He joined Newsday as a general assignment reporter in January 2018 after 20 years at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.