Search is on for teen fisherman missing off Moriches Inlet

Search is on for teen fisherman missing off Moriches Inlet

WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities are searching for a 16-year-old who was swept out to see while fishing on eastern Long Island. Agencies including the Suffolk County Police Department and the U.S. Coast Guard continued looking for the teen Saturday. Authorities were told he disappeared around 4 p.m. Friday while fishing at Cupsogue Beach County Park in Westhampton Beach as a fog was rolling in. He was last seen in the water off a jetty in the Moriches Inlet.  

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