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NYPD special ops team rescues man from sinking boat in Long Island Sound

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NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- A rescue high above was captured by the NYPD.

Special ops team members saved a man from a boat that was sinking.

The rescue happened early Thursday morning in the Long Island Sound near New Rochelle.

Rescuers were lowered from a helicopter. They then attached the boat operator to a harness and safely lifted him to a nearby Coast Guard boat.

The boater was not hurt.

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