Search Under Way Off Long Island For Missing Boater

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The Coast Guard and local authorities are searching off Long Island for a boater who fell overboard Saturday.

The man, identified by Suffolk County Police as 50-year-old Christopher Calma, was out with his 14-year-old son on a 2020 22-foot Sea Fox Commander, in the vicinity of Northport Bay, when he fell in the water at about 9:30 a.m., according to police and the Coast Guard said. The man was not wearing a life jacket.

The Coast Guard identified the missing father as a 52-year-old man.

A Coast Guard helicopter and response boat are involved in the search, along with the Suffolk County police, including the departmentโ€™s police divers, Nassau County police, multiple fire departments, and the Huntington harbormaster,

Suffolk County Police said Calmaโ€™s son was not injured.

(AP)

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