An eyewitness saw Nicholas Shakalis fall into the water in Narrow Bay on Sunday morning and immediately called 911.
Suffolk County police rushed in with a helicopter team and rescue swimmers. They found Shakalis clinging to his kayak without a flotation device.
Medics rushed Shakalis to Stony Brook University Hospital.
He remains at the hospital for treatment of hypothermia.
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