The body of 41-year-old Gary Turkel who went missing Sunday off the Long Island Shore washed up Friday morning around 30 miles off the shore.
United Search & Rescue was called upon by us coast guard for a missing paddle
USAR is first to arrive on scene, and begins searching for the 7 teenage hikers that have been separated from a large group.
Our great USAR volunteers ground crew, and air support immediately began searching kakiak mountains located in Suffern New York.
An Orthodox Jewish-founded search-and-rescue group is acquiring heavy-duty military equipment in the wake of Hurricane Sandy to help out in emergencies when standard vehicles just won’t cut it.
One of its most impressive recent acquisitions is a US Army cargo truck that’s turning heads in Flatbush, Brooklyn.
United Search and Rescue joined Rockland Hatzolah and the NYS DEC Park Rangers this afternoon in retrieving a woman who was injured while hiking in Harriman State Park.
Ramapo Town Supervisor Christopher St Lawrence Commends All The Volunteers for their efforts in the Sontag Search
The body of Peretz Sontag was found in Harriman State Park this afternoon
The search for missing Peretz Sontag continued today as hundreds more volunteers joined the search. The sontag acreage in monsey as well as a camp next to the Sontag residence was thoroughly searched by USAR’s off road unit today.
USAR has joined in the search for missing Peretz Sontag, last seen on Friday March 18th, 2014. An air campaign, an off road campaign, and a search of various locations frequented by Mr. Sontag by hundreds of volunteers from various organizations was well under way in day 3 of the search efforts.
