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Boat Rescue Drama Ends at Burns Park

Boat flips in Seaford, causing four to swim ashore.

Four men were forced to swim to shore, and one of them had to swim for help after their boat flipped off the South Shore, police said.

The incident occured near the Great Island Channel in Seaford Thursday evening.

According to Nassau County detectives, around 7:56 p.m., four Seaford men, three age 19 and one 20, were traveling on an 18-foot boat when they struck marshland in Great Island Cannel, causing the boat to flip.

The men swam to a nearby island, police said. Three of them stayed on the island while the fourth swam to the mainland for help.

Marine 6 and the Wantagh Fire Department were dispatched and Marine 6 was able to rescue the men and bring them safely to John Burns Park in Massapequa, police said.

No injuries were reported. There is no criminality involved in this accident at this time, police said.

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LAKETAJO October 20, 2012 at 08:31 pm
Glad to know they're safe.
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Jack coyote June 12, 2013 at 03:24 pm
Will the new Massapequa station platform be covered end-to-end as it is now? If it will only beRead More partially covered, like Seaford station, there are going to be a lot of cold, wet, unhappy commuters.
Patrick O'Hara June 12, 2013 at 04:14 pm
Mr. Coyote, The design plans only call for a canopy over certain parts of the station platform, likeRead More almost all of the other stations along the branch. The canopies will be primarily over the staircases, elevator, waiting room, and one other small section on the middle section of the platform between the elevator and east escalator.
mj June 12, 2013 at 01:43 pm
Also blocks along Alhambra Road including Granada and Sutton. It rained the other day and was up toRead More the front lawn on one house that is still being renovated from Sandy!!!! Horrible if those owners saw this.