Man rescued off Coney Island Beach in kayak

Saturday, April 30, 2016
CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Officers rescued a kayaker Saturday morning off Coney Island Beach.

Just before 10 a.m., the New York City Police Department responded to a 911 call about a man in a sinking kayak.



A 33-year-old man was found in his beige kayak, about a mile from the shoreline near the Parachute Jump. An aviation unit deployed two scuba divers who helped the victim onto an NYPD boat.
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The kayak also was retrieved. The victim refused medical attention.

There is still no word on why the kayak was on the water to begin with.
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