FDNY Engine 317 & Ladder 165 responding to a report of gas fumes in Queens Village. Address: 89th Avenue & 207th Street. Units: Engine 301, Ladder 150, Engine 317, Ladder 165, Battalion 53.

At 3:05 pm today, Engine 246, Ladder 161, and Ladder 169 responded to Emmons Avenue at 23rd Street for a report of two people in the water in Sheepshead Bay. They were clinging to a dinghy that was sinking. L-161 and L-169 both deployed rescue swimmers, Firefighters Dan Palmieri and Matt Paz, who swam to the two victims in the water. Using a surfboard, they were pulled to shore. A third person who had jumped into the water to help the other two, was rescued by Marine 9 with the help of NYPD. All