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                        Boat in Distress
                        August 13, 2022 | NEW YORK
                        BOB MCCORMICK, Correspondent 
                        
                    
Photo by bob mccormickNYSP Marine Unit at Newburgh Launch

Photo by Bob MccormickNYSP Marine Unit with boat that was in distress

Photo by bob mccormick
This article is a direct street report from our correspondent and has not been edited by the 1st Responder newsroom.
Newburgh FD received a call from Dutchess County 911 Center of a boat in distress on the west shore of the Hudson River on August 13th.
Newburgh launched Marine One and was going south on the Hudson-when a State Trooper Marine Unit heard call and assisted the vessel. Newburgh 
returned to the dock- Dutchess Sheriff Boat and State Trooper boat escorted boat and operator to the Newburgh Boat Launch. State Police were investigating
the equipment that the operator had on vessel.