3 Rescued From Sinking Boat

EAST MORICHES, NY – Two men and a teenager were rescued from a sinking boat near Moriches Inlet Wednesday, police said.

According to Suffolk County Police, Marine Bureau officers helped rescue the stranded mariners after their boat began taking on water at 5:20 p.m.

The boat’s owner, Brian Buchrieser, 50, of East Setauket, his 14-year-old son and their friend, Vito Carnaza, 49, were all wearing life jackets and were not injured.

Aviation section officers responded to a notification made by members of the United States Coast Guard regarding a 30-foot Wellcraft that was quickly taking on water approximately five miles south of Moriches Inlet in East Moriches, police said.

Aviation section officers located the boat one mile south of the inlet and guided Coast Guard officers to the Wellcraft; the victims safely abandoned their boat before it sank and boarded a Coast Guard vessel, police said.

A short time later, they boarded Marine Bureau Mike and were transported to a marina on the Patchogue River.

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