DaveP
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Anyone know who it is or what happened?
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/new_york_state/091004_boat_wantagh
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/new_york_state/091004_boat_wantagh
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Boat Accident on Long Island
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Sydwayz
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No, but the continuing news reports are not good:
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7047928
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7047928
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I believe it was a 40 foot Hustler that ran up on the marsh killing 3 injurying 4.
boatme
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Tom A.
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The latest from this morning.
Two tragedies this weekend, so sad.
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/officials-3-dead-as-boat-crashes-off-wantagh-1.1500143
Two tragedies this weekend, so sad.
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/officials-3-dead-as-boat-crashes-off-wantagh-1.1500143
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Geronimo36
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too bad..
Sean Stinson
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Another tragic story!!!!
Shanghied Again
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They are not saying who it was at the moment, still under investigation. This is very sad my heart goes out to everyone involved.
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3 die in LI boat horrorBy ED ROBINSON and TAYLOR VESCEY
Last Updated: 11:28 AM, October 5, 2009
Posted: 5:03 AM, October 5, 2009
A large speedboat ran aground and flipped on an island north of Jones Beach yesterday -- killing three of the seven people aboard and seriously injuring the others.
The tragedy took place at 7:30 p.m. in Middle Bay, a marshy area just east of the Wantagh Parkway. It's unclear how fast the 40-foot boat was going, but everyone aboard was catapulted into the water.
The dead included the boat's owner, later identified as 64-year-old George Canni, and his wife Theresa, relatives said.
A third man was not identified.
After the crash, some victims managed to swim to nearby islands.
Others reached rescue boats that took them to local parks. From there, they were rushed by ambulance or helicopter to local hospitals.
NYPD choppers participated in the rescue. The most seriously hurt were taken to Nassau University Medical Center. Others went to South Nassau and New Island hospitals.
Harry Loud, a spokesman for the Wantagh Fire Department, said the shallowness of the water where the vessel came to rest made it hard for rescue craft to reach the scene. Its depth usually ranges from 4 to 17 feet, but Loud pointed out there was a full moon at the time -- which could make the water as shallow as one foot if it the tide was at its lowest.
Nassau Detective Lt. Kevin Smith told Newsday he did not know how fast the boat was going, but added, "To hit the marsh and run up on top of it like that, you would have to be going at a pretty good rate of speed."
A large speedboat ran aground and flipped on an island north of Jones Beach yesterday -- killing three of the seven people aboard and seriously injuring the others.
The tragedy took place at 7:30 p.m. in Middle Bay, a marshy area just east of the Wantagh Parkway. It's unclear how fast the 40-foot boat was going, but everyone aboard was catapulted into the water.
The dead included the boat's owner, later identified as 64-year-old George Canni, and his wife Theresa, relatives said.
A third man was not identified.
After the crash, some victims managed to swim to nearby islands.
Others reached rescue boats that took them to local parks. From there, they were rushed by ambulance or helicopter to local hospitals.
NYPD choppers participated in the rescue. The most seriously hurt were taken to Nassau University Medical Center. Others went to South Nassau and New Island hospitals.
Harry Loud, a spokesman for the Wantagh Fire Department, said the shallowness of the water where the vessel came to rest made it hard for rescue craft to reach the scene. Its depth usually ranges from 4 to 17 feet, but Loud pointed out there was a full moon at the time -- which could make the water as shallow as one foot if it the tide was at its lowest.
Nassau Detective Lt. Kevin Smith told Newsday he did not know how fast the boat was going, but added, "To hit the marsh and run up on top of it like that, you would have to be going at a pretty good rate of speed."
Additional reporting by Kieran Crowley
Last Updated: 11:28 AM, October 5, 2009
Posted: 5:03 AM, October 5, 2009
A large speedboat ran aground and flipped on an island north of Jones Beach yesterday -- killing three of the seven people aboard and seriously injuring the others.
The tragedy took place at 7:30 p.m. in Middle Bay, a marshy area just east of the Wantagh Parkway. It's unclear how fast the 40-foot boat was going, but everyone aboard was catapulted into the water.
The dead included the boat's owner, later identified as 64-year-old George Canni, and his wife Theresa, relatives said.
A third man was not identified.
After the crash, some victims managed to swim to nearby islands.
Others reached rescue boats that took them to local parks. From there, they were rushed by ambulance or helicopter to local hospitals.
NYPD choppers participated in the rescue. The most seriously hurt were taken to Nassau University Medical Center. Others went to South Nassau and New Island hospitals.
Harry Loud, a spokesman for the Wantagh Fire Department, said the shallowness of the water where the vessel came to rest made it hard for rescue craft to reach the scene. Its depth usually ranges from 4 to 17 feet, but Loud pointed out there was a full moon at the time -- which could make the water as shallow as one foot if it the tide was at its lowest.
Nassau Detective Lt. Kevin Smith told Newsday he did not know how fast the boat was going, but added, "To hit the marsh and run up on top of it like that, you would have to be going at a pretty good rate of speed."
A large speedboat ran aground and flipped on an island north of Jones Beach yesterday -- killing three of the seven people aboard and seriously injuring the others.
The tragedy took place at 7:30 p.m. in Middle Bay, a marshy area just east of the Wantagh Parkway. It's unclear how fast the 40-foot boat was going, but everyone aboard was catapulted into the water.
The dead included the boat's owner, later identified as 64-year-old George Canni, and his wife Theresa, relatives said.
A third man was not identified.
After the crash, some victims managed to swim to nearby islands.
Others reached rescue boats that took them to local parks. From there, they were rushed by ambulance or helicopter to local hospitals.
NYPD choppers participated in the rescue. The most seriously hurt were taken to Nassau University Medical Center. Others went to South Nassau and New Island hospitals.
Harry Loud, a spokesman for the Wantagh Fire Department, said the shallowness of the water where the vessel came to rest made it hard for rescue craft to reach the scene. Its depth usually ranges from 4 to 17 feet, but Loud pointed out there was a full moon at the time -- which could make the water as shallow as one foot if it the tide was at its lowest.
Nassau Detective Lt. Kevin Smith told Newsday he did not know how fast the boat was going, but added, "To hit the marsh and run up on top of it like that, you would have to be going at a pretty good rate of speed."
Additional reporting by Kieran Crowley
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