Doomed Boater’s 911 Calls Save Other Passengers
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WHITE PLAINS — A man who died after a boat overturned in a Hudson River marsh helped save his fellow passengers by making 911 calls from his cell phone while they were trapped beneath the hull.
Steven Vasta, 25, of Mahopac was unresponsive by the time rescuers found the upside-down boat early yesterday and was later pronounced dead. But the four other passengers were saved, the Putnam County sheriff, Donald Smith, said.
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