Off-duty police officer rescues 4 from burning boat on Long Island
ByEyewitness News 
Monday, July 2, 2018
PORT JEFFERSON, Long Island (WABC) -- An off-duty Suffolk County police officer helped rescue four passengers from a burning boat.
The fire happened in Port Jefferson Harbor just before 1 p.m. Sunday.
Sergeant Michael Guerrisi saw flames coming from the 33-foot Sea Ray. That is when he spotted the four victims in the water, and pulled them onto his personal boat.
The four people, all from Connecticut, suffered non-life threating injuries.
Arson squad detectives are looking into what sparked the fire.
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