NEW YORK – Two people are dead after their speedboat capsized during a boat race in Great South Bay near Patchogue, N.Y., around 5:30 p.m. today.
Coast Guard Station Fire Island personnel were on scene within moments.
“We were enforcing the security zone around the race and I noticed the water going every where,” said Petty Officer [...]
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Two Dead in Speedboat Capsizing Near Patchogue, NY
Underway in Tropical Storm Fay – Video
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Coast Guard boat crew returns from Downtown Jacksonville during Tropical Storm Fay on Aug. 22, 2008.
Coast Guard rescues two after 18-foot skiff capsizes
MOBILE, Ala. – The Coast Guard rescued two men Saturday whose 18-foot skiff sank 2-miles off of the coast of Dole Plant in Gulfport, Miss.
One of the three men aboard the skiff swam to shore and called the Coast Guard at approximately 7 p.m., reporting that the vessel he was aboard capized and two crewmembers [...]
Three People Injured in Bridgeport Connecticut Harbor Crash
NEW YORK – Three people were injured after their boat crashed into a jetty in Bridgeport, Conn., at around 12 a.m., today.
A 26-foot pleasure boat reportedly sped into the east jetty of Bridgeport Harbor with four friends on board shortly after they departed from Bridgeport at around 12 a.m.
Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound received [...]