2 Rescued From Sinking Sailboat In Long Island Waters: Police

EAST ISLIP, NY — Two people were rescued from an overturned sailboat in Long Island's Great South Bay by Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officers on Sunday, police said.

According to police, two men were on a 19-foot sailboat about a mile south of the East Islip Marina when it overturned. Police said one of the occupants called 911 from his cell phone, and Lt. Thomas Stanzoni and police officers Robert Reuter and Kevin Butler responded to the scene aboard the Marine Juliet.

The officers rescued a 48-year-old who was hanging onto the mast in the water and a 58-year-old who was sitting on the side of the boat, police said. Both men were wearing life jackets and were not injured, police said.

Police said the Coast Guard Auxiliary towed the boat to the marina.