Man, 89, rescued in harbor after sailboat fall, Coast Guard says
An 89-year-old man who had fallen off a moored sailboat into Huntington Harbor was pulled to safety by rescue workers training nearby, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
The man had been in the water for about 20 minutes without a lifejacket when two members of the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve heard his calls for help and pulled him aboard their small boat about 6:45 p.m. Monday, the agency said.
The man had been clinging to a line and was unable to pull himself back into his sailboat, the Coast Guard said.
The man, who was not identified, was taken to Huntington Hospital for treatment of hypothermia, the Coast Guard said.
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'Democrats say this is a misuse of taxpayer funds' Nassau Republicans awarded over $1 million in taxpayer-funded legal contracts to the one-man law firm of Sheharyar Ali, a longtime GOP ally. Ali's father is an adviser to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday Nassau County politics reporter Bahar Ostadan have the story.
