Public Safety
Darien Police Marine Unit Rescues 16-Year-Old Boater
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A 16-year-old Darien boy was boating on Long Island Sound near Long Neck Point on Wednesday when the 21-foot Mako power boat he was in broke down, and he had to drop anchor. About two hours later, after his father went looking for him from the shore and his brother called police, the boat with the boy in it was found and the teenager was taken to shore. If the boy had been out on the sound for much longer, according to a police news release, he likely would have suffered hypothermia. Police gave this additional account of what happened:
At about 6 p.m., the boy’s brother called police, saying he hadn’t been able to call his brother’s cell phone. The police marine division and the Noroton Fire Boat were dispatched, and the U.S. Coast Guard was notified.