Emergency responders rescued three fishermen from Long Island Sound near Cockenoe Island in Westport after their canoe capsized.
Westport Police Department's Marine Division responded to a distress call regarding a vessel that tipped over east of the island.
When marine police arrived, they found three men floating in the water away from their boat, an 18-inch canoe. They were all wearing life jackets. They had been fishing when they encountered choppy waters and their boat tipped over.
People on a passing sailboat saw they were in trouble and radioed in a distress call. The men had been in the water for 15 minutes at that point.
Officers pulled the men onto a police boat.
The men were in good health when they were rescued.
Police recovered the boat and towed it to Compo Marina.
