SUFFOLK COUNTY (WABC) — A hunter has been rescued by police after his kayak capsized in Suffolk.
An eyewitness saw Nicholas Shakalis fall into the water in Narrow Bay on Sunday morning and immediately called 911.
Suffolk County Police rushed in with a helicopter crew and rescue swimmers. They found Shakalis clinging to his kayak without a flotation device.
Medics rushed Shakalis to Stony Brook University Hospital.
He remains in the hospital being treated for hypothermia.
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