Officer Rescues Two Men from Long Island Sound

MILLER PLACE, NY - A Suffolk County police officer rescued two men after their canoe capsized in the Long Island Sound on Wednesday morning.

Officer James Behrens responded to a 911 call reporting men yelling for help in the Long Island Sound in Miller Place at 9:20 a.m.

The officer arrived on the beach and grabbed a life ring from his police vehicle and a paddle board from a local residence.

Behrens then swam out to the men, who were in the water 600 feet off shore off Landing Road.

Town of Brookhaven Bay Constable Steven Bennett arrived on a boat and assisted Behrens with pulling the first man, 33-year-old Edgar Guirola-Hernandez, of Brentwood, out of the water.

Suffolk County Marine Bureau Officers Neil Stringer and Christopher Erickson arrived aboard Marine Delta and pulled Behrens and the second man, 44-year-old Luis Ramirez, of Centereach, out of the water.

Both men were wearing life jackets.

They were evaluated by the Miller Place Fire Department at the Cedar Beach Marina and refused further medical treatment.

Photo: SCPD