Stranded sailors rescued off coast of Fire Island, video shows

Long Island police rescued two men from a sinking sailboat that was being battered by wind, rain and rising tides off Fire Island early on Saturday, authorities said.

Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officers pulled the stranded sailors off the 25-foot boat and onto a police vessel around 1 a.m., the department said. “The lines on the sailboat broke and were being smashed against the dock and other boats,” in Fire Island Pines Harbor, cops said in a press release.