September 12, 2015
NEW YORK – Coast Guard Station Fire Island crewmembers rescue two distressed rafters near Fire Island Inlet, Saturday.
At 1:34 p.m., Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound command center received a call from a good Samaritan reporting two women on a small rubber raft being swept out of Fire Island Inlet.
Sector Long Island Sound watchstandards diverted a Coast Guard Station Fire Island rescue boatcrew to the scene.
Station Fire Island crewmembers arrived on scene at 1:45 p.m., rescued the two distressed rafters from the water and safely transported them to the Robert Moses boat ramp.
No injuries have been reported.