Hero Doctor Honored For Saving 3, Including Boy, From Rip Current

HAMPTON BAYS, NY — A doctor was honored for saving three people, including a mother and her son, 7, during a water rescue in Hampton Bays recently.

Seth Korbin, MD, a joint reconstruction specialist at Stony Brook Orthopaedic Associates and clinical associate professor at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, was presented a proclamation by Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming this week to mark his bravery.

After deciding to go surfing in the ocean off Dune Road, Dr. Korbin noticed three people clinging to a boogie board and realized that they were caught in a rip current, Stony Brook Medicine representatives said. He first brought the 7-year-old boy to shore, and then went back out for the man and woman.

"Everyone was safe and no medical attention was needed, thanks to the quick and selfless actions of Dr. Korbin," a release said.

According to Southampton Town Police, a call came in at 5:55 p.m. on August 25 about "distressed swimmers" at Road K. Police said when they arrived, Dr. Korbin, of Southampton, had helped the people out of the water.

Korbin was flagged down by other beachgoers; he believed he was being alerted to possible sharks in the water and then realized there were swimmers in distress, police said.

He immediately swam over to the swimmers to assist them to safety, police said.