A Suffolk County police officer is being hailed as a hero for saving a 66-year-old man who was bleeding at sea.
A Long Island man is lucky to be alive after being rescued at sea by an off-duty Suffolk County police officer.According to officials, Officer William Parmenter was fishing in the Atlantic Ocean, around 80 miles southeast of the Shinnecock Inlet, when a mayday call regarding an injured person came over the marine radio at approximately 2 p.m. on July 3.Parmenter, a paramedic, contacted the victim's boat via radio and offered assistance.
The victim, Norman Orsinger, 66, of East Patchogue, was bleeding from both legs after he was punctured by a fishhook while attempting to catch a yellowfin tuna.Parmenter located and boarded the victim's boat with a trauma kit, and applied tourniquets to both of Parmenter's legs before contacting the United States Coast Guard and the Suffolk County Police Department Aviation Section.
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