3 rescued from rubber boat in Jamaica Bay

Three people were rescued from a rubber boat in Jamaica Bay after a Nassau County police patrol boat saw a small flashing light and responded late Sunday night, the police said.

The rubber boat had lost power and had drifted to a buoy about a mile offshore in rough seas, and the people on board had no radio or other means of communication, the police said.

The Marine Bureau boat, which was on security detail as the pope's homeward flight departed after his visit to New York City, spotted the flashing light at 10:50 p.m.

Marine Bureau police Officers Steven Haggerty and Bryan Comerford and Bureau of Special Operations police Officers Christopher Stein and Paul Behr took the three boaters on board, then towed the disabled boat and its crew to an Inwood boat ramp after the pope's flight cleared air space.

The names of the rescued boaters were not provided by the police in a Monday report.

By BY JOSEPH MALLIA
Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008

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