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Kite Surfer Saved By Lifeguard Between Greenport, Shelter Island
The rescue took place Friday afternoon, police say.
GREENPORT, NY — A kite surfer was rescued from the channel between Greenport and Shelter Island Friday, police said.
According to Southold Town Police, the incident took place at 12:31 p.m., when a call came in about a person in distress in the water, police said. Blake Sommi, 21, of Darien, CT was kite surfing when he went into the water, leaving him floating in the channel between the 6th Street beach in Greenport and Sunset Beach on Shelter Island, police said.
Harry Donovan, a 16-year old Greenport Village lifeguard working at the 6th Street Beach, became aware of the situation and paddled his rescue board out to Sommi, who was about a quarter mile offshore, police said.
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Once he reached Sommi, Donovan assisted him to the rescue board; both were brought back to shore by a passing boat, police said.
The Greenport Fire Department, along with Southold police and the Shelter Island Fire Department's marine units, responded, police said.
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No injuries were reported, police said.
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