Crime & Safety
Lobster Pot Sparks Water Rescue Mission
A witness mistook floating pot for a boat in distress offshore of Pryibil Beach on Monday night.
The Glen Cove Fire and Police departments, along with Harbor Patrol and a helicopter, responded to a water search for a boat in distress that turned out to be a lobster pot floating in the water on Monday night.
A police officer notified the Fire Department of a possible boat in distress at 7:45 p.m. after a passerby called and reported something floating in the water, 100 yards offshore of Pryibil Beach, said Chief of the GCFD Anthony Tripp.
The GCFD sent out both a rescue truck and boat and the Glen Cove Harbor Patrol was called to the scene.
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The search went on for close to an hour before the GCFD terminated the search and determined that the alleged boat was only a lobster pot, said Tripp.
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