water rescue

Crews have located the bodies of two people who went missing in the Housatonic River in New Milford. Officials said Danbury residents 23-year-old Johnny Sanchez and 35-year-old Wilson Pacheco reportedly fell into the river behind the West Cove Marina on West Street Wednesday night. Nearly two days after the men were reported missing, crews located Sanchez’s body in the...

At least three people have died and more than two dozen people were rescued from the water off the coast of Point Loma Sunday after a packed boat being used in a suspected human smuggling operation capsized and broke apart in powerful surf, according to authorities.

Five fishermen were rescued from a burning boat off the Cape Cod waters Friday night. The Coast Guard responded to an emergency notification from the 100-foot fishing vessel about 85 miles east of Cape Cod around 5p.m. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, rescue crews arrived on scene to find the bow and wheelhouse of the vessel engulfed in...

A kayaker who was missing in Middlebury on Saturday afternoon has been found dead and officials have identified him as 26-year-old Brian Saucier, 26, of Prospect. Officials from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said Saucier was found Sunday in Long Meadow Pond in Middlebury.

Fire crews rescued two people from a truck that was submerged in water at Cummings Park in Stamford during the storm Monday. Crews responded to the scene at 2:10 p.m. and found a four-door pickup partially submerged in water and floating around 40 feet off-shore. A woman was seen standing in the rear cargo area of the truck. She was…

Authorities have identified the man whose body they recovered from an icy reservoir in Wareham, Massachusetts, after a search that spanned two days. Thomas Bartholomew, 44, of Wareham, was declared dead Monday after his body was recovered from the water around 12:45 p.m., according to Plymouth Country District Attorney Timothy Cruz. The search for Bartholomew began around 4:30 p.m. Sunday…

First responders spent hours Sunday night searching an icy reservoir in their quest to find a missing person who fell through the ice in Wareham, Massachusetts. Wareham police responded to the area of 786 County Road — where there is a reservoir and cranberry bog — for a water rescue around 4:30 p.m. The Plymouth County Technical Rescue Team (PCTRT)…

An incredible rescue captured on camera after Hoboken police officers saved a woman who fell into the freezing Hudson River while trying to get a picture of the Manhattan skyline. The 23-year-old woman and her brother were out Saturday afternoon near Pier 13 when she climbed over the railing to get a better vantage point for her photo. That’s when…

A man was rescued from the water in Middlefield after engaging police in two different pursuits on Sunday. Police said the first incident happened at approximately 12:17 p.m. in the area of Main Street in Durham. Troopers responded to the area for a report of an active disturbance, they said. Officials said they were able to identify 29-year-old Stephan Santoro,…

Fire crews rescued a woman who was in the water at Coventry Lake Tuesday afternoon, officials said. Around 2 p.m., a caller told police that a woman had been in the water at the lake in the Lisicke Beach area on Main Street for at least 15 minutes. Responding crews saw the woman about 100 feet off the shoreline. Fire…

An Easton police officer is being credited with saving a man and his dog after both fell through ice into a pond on Friday night. Authorities said the officer was on routine patrol at Helen Keller Middle School on Route 59 when he was flagged down by a citizen who told him his dog fell through the ice at Keller…

Two swimmers in distress were rescued by nearby kayakers near Silver Sands State Park in Milford Saturday afternoon, according to fire officials. The rescue happened at approximately 1:30 p.m. on the Charles Island Sand Bar. Crews said they received a call from a father who said his two children who were swimming were in need of assistance. The two 20-year-old…

Crews said they responded to a report of an unresponsive man in the water in Westport Saturday afternoon. The incident happened at approximately 1:35 p.m. in the waters off of Cockenoe Island. Police said an unresponsive man was apparently suffering from some type of medical episode while swimming when they found him. Crews said they responded to an alert on…

A boat with six people on board caught fire and exploded in Norwalk Thursday evening. The incident happened just before 6 p.m. in Norwalk Harbor. Crews said the boat was experiencing engine trouble. The owner of the boat told crews the boat was running rough so he was turning around to come back in when the boat exploded. The boat…

Firefighters rescued a total of eight people from the parking lot and several more were evacuated from two business that were surrounded by floodwaters.

Two people are dead after a car ended up in the Housatonic River in Seymour Friday afternoon.

A teenage boy and a man have died after being pulled from the water by rescue crews at the East Mountain Reservoir on the Waterbury-Prospect line Tuesday. Waterbury police said the two victims, a 17-year-old boy and a 24-year-old man, were floating on an air mattress which capsized, sending them into the water. They were with a group of other…

Police said the victims are 17 and 23 years old.

Two people were thrown off their boat while it was still in motion in East Lyme Sunday evening. Police said they responded to a boating incident that occurred in Niantic Bay off Black Point Road at approximately 5:30 p.m. The two people were picked up by jet skiers in the area, police said. Police, fire and marine units responded to…

Crews say they rescued a man who was stranded on an island in Westbrook after severe wind broke his board while windsurfing. Crews said they initially responded to a call for an overdue windsurfer off of Westbrook Beach on Seaside Avenue. The man swam a great distance to shore with his broken board, crews said. He was later found on…