A 47-foot motor lifeboat crew of Coast Guard Station Montauk, N.Y., departs the station to search for a person in the water off Montauk Point, July 24, 2013. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Erik Swanson)
Fisherman Rescue
A 25-foot rescue boat crew of Coast Guard Station Montauk, N.Y., returns to base after performing a search for a person in the water off Montauk Point, July 24, 2013. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Erik Swanson)
Fisherman Rescue
A 25-foot rescue boat crew of Coast Guard Station Montauk, N.Y., returns to base after performing a search for a person in the water off Montauk Point, July 24, 2013. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Erik Swanson)
Fisherman Rescue
A 25-foot rescue boat crew of Coast Guard Station Montauk, N.Y., returns to base after performing a search for a person in the water off Montauk Point, July 24, 2013. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Erik Swanson)
Fisherman Rescue
Petty Officer 2nd Class Ismael Velasquez and Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Levdansky, both boatswain’s mates of Coast Guard Station Montauk, N.Y., coordinate search efforts for a person in the water while standing as radio watchstanders, July 24, 2013. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Erik Swanson)
Fisherman Rescue
John Aldridge breathes a sigh of relief after being rescued off the coast of Montauk, N.Y., July 24, 2013. A rescue crew from Air station Cape Cod pulled Aldridge from the water after an extensive search. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ross Ruddell)
Fisherman Rescue
Petty Officer 2nd class Ethan Hill gives a hand to John Aldridge from an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter at Air Station Cape Cod July 24, 2013. Aldridge had fallen overboard while fishing and was in the water off of Montauk, N.Y., for 11 hours before being rescued. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ross Ruddell)
Fisherman Rescue
Lt. Michael Deal from Air Station Cape Cod shakes the hand on John Aldridge after he was pulled from the water off of Long Island, N.Y., July 24, 2013. Aldridge was in the water for 11 hours after falling overboard and was located due to an extensive search by the New England Coast Guard team. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ross Ruddell)
Fisherman Rescue
Cathy Patterson, sister of John Aldridge, throws her hands in the air for joy after learning her brother was found safe by a Coast Guard helicopter crew after he went missing from his fishing vessel off Montauk Point, N.Y., early, July 24, 2013. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Erik Swanson.)
Fisherman Rescue
Lt. Raymond Jamros says goodbye to John Aldridge at Air Station Cape Cod July 24, 2013. Jamros was the pilot who spotted Aldridge 11 hours after he fell overboard off the coast of Long Island, N.Y. The New England Coast Guard team launched a massive collaborative search to locate Aldridge. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ross Ruddell)
