NORTHPORT (WABC) --
Police in Suffolk County rescued a bird that was entangled in string on an offshore fuel platform Sunday morning.According to police, Marine Bureau Officers Charles Marchiselli and Michael O'Leary were aboard Marine Bravo when they observed a bird tangled in string along the railing of the National Grid Northport Platform, about 2 miles north of the Northport Power Station.
O'Leary distracted the bird with a wildlife pole while Marchiselli covered the bird with a blanket and cut the entangling lines, police say.
The bird did not appear injured and swam away after being freed.
The officers were conducting a Homeland Security check of the platform, which is used to offload fuel for the National Grid Northport Power Station, when they saw the bird.
