Tragedy on The Sound: 2 Dead, Mother and Child Hurt

Two men have died and a mother and her daughter are being treated for hypothermia after rough seas Sunday led to tragedy on the Long Island Sound.

The body of Ferdinand Lagos, 39, of Manchester, Conn., was found after a search Monday that spanned the Southold shoreline as rescuers scoured the rough waters for signs of the missing man.

According to Southold Town Police, at 3:43 a.m. an Orient resident was awakened by the yelling for help from the beach in front of their house and called police.

Upon the arrival of an officer, he found two females on the beach suffering from hypothermia. Upon further investigation, it was discovered that 26-year-old Delfina Reynoso and her 8-year-old daughter, of Hartford, Conn., had launched a kayak and stand-up paddleboard from Hammonasset Park in Madison, Conn. with 30-year-old Abdias Ventura, of Hartford, and Lagos, of Manchester, Conn.

Wind and tide pushed the two watercraft offshore by 9 p.m. Sunday night; Reynoso and her daughter landed onshore in Orient and the deceased body of Ventura was located onshore about a quarter mile west of the women, police said.

A search for Lagos continued Monday morning and his body was found off the shore of Connecticut around 12:15 p.m.

The U.S. Coast Guard coordinated the search, which included Southold Police, as well as the Cutchogue, Southold, Greenport. East Marion and Orient fire departments.

Reynoso and her daughter were taken to Eastern Long Island Hospital, a release said.

Some who were out on the water yesterday said the current was extremely rough.

The Coast Guard is still searching for a paddle boarder who went missing off Atlantic Beach on Sunday evening. Coast Guard members also rescued two men after their boat capsized near Fire Island Saturday afternoon.