Police rescue two people from overturned sailboat in Great South Bay

Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officers rescued two people from the Great South Bay after their  sailboat overturned on Sunday. 

The two men were on a sailboat in the Great South Bay, one mile south of the East Islip Marina, when the 19-foot sailboat overturned, according to the SCPD. 

One of the occupants called 911 from his cell phone and Lt. Thomas  Stanzoni and Police Officers Robert Reuter and Kevin Butler aboard Marine Juliet responded. 

The officers rescued a 48-year-old who was hanging onto the mast in the water and a 58-year-old who was sitting on the side of the boat.  

Both men were wearing life jackets and were not injured. The Coast Guard Auxiliary towed the boat to the marina.