It was also incredibly cold." For 45 minutes, he was sinking into what's left of Stump Pond in Blydenburgh Park, which lost all its water in a summer storm. "Every time I moved, I just fell ...

The incident occurred in Smithtown, in the former lake at Blydenburgh County Park, shortly after noon Thursday, Jan. 30. A man called 911 shortly after noon saying he was lost in the park and ...

Katherine Kuzminski and Officer Richard Esposito at Blydenburgh County Park in Smithtown. Prato, a paramedic from Medford, was hiking on Jan. 30 in the park when Striker took off from the path to ...