Crime & Safety
Police ID Boater Found Dead Off Fire Island Inlet
BREAKING: The 50-year-old man was in a boat that overturned last week. Two other men were rescued.
The body of a man who went missing after a boat overturned in Fire Island Inlet last week has been found, Suffolk Police said Wednesday.
The body of 50-year-old Roberto Vazquez, of West Babylon, was found about a mile offshore of the inlet on Monday, police said.
Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officers responded to a call for a capsized vessel in the inlet near Buoy 3 around 5:55 p.m. on Oct. 11.
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A 36-year old Wyandanch man and a 30-year old Amityville man, who were also on the 21-foot fishing boat, were rescued from the water and transported to a hospital for evaluation.
Fire Island, NY-2 boaters rescued, 1 feared dead after boat flips in Fire Island Inlet late Tuesday afternoon. pic.twitter.com/jEPuGdngwG
— Stringer News (@Stringernews) October 12, 2016
Photo via U.S. Coast Guard New York City Twitter account
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