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Loose Lobster Pots Cause Water Rescue False Alarm

Emergency personnel respond to beach at Southampton Bathing Corp.

, and the responded with a boat and helicopter to the beach at Monday around 1:30 p.m. for a water rescue, which turned out to be a false alarm.

An emergency responder said the rescuees were floating lobster pots. They may have broken loose during tropical storm Irene on Sunday.

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