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Stranded Kayaker Rescued In Bellport Bay

Two Long Island Marine Bureau officers rescued a man after his kayak overturned. 

Police Officers Terence McGovern and Jack Jantzen and the rescued man, Diego Sponza.

Police Officers Terence McGovern and Jack Jantzen and the rescued man, Diego Sponza.

Photo Credit: Suffolk County Police Department

Suffolk County Police Officers Terence McGovern and Jack Jantzen responded aboard Marine Mike to a 911 call from a man whose kayak overturned in Bellport Bay, between buoys 8 and 9, around 12:50 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 30.

The officers located the kayaker, Diego Sponza, who was wearing a lifejacket but no wetsuit, and pulled him aboard their boat, police said.

Sponza, age 35, of Shirley, was transported to the Bellport Marina and then to a local hospital for treatment of possible hypothermia.

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