The Coast Guard rescued a man on Lake Ontario at approximately 11:58 a.m. on September 22, Saturday.
Gary Leary, 61, of Rochester was pulled from the water by Coast Guard Station Rochester's 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew.
Leary was sailing with a friend when the boom of his sailing vessel swung and knocked him from his boat. Leary was not wearing a life jacket and his friend did not know how to operate the sailing vessel.
The Coast Guard was hailed on the radio for assistance by the friend that was stranded on the sailing vessel with no means to save Leary.
After treading water for 25 minutes Leary was recovered more than a mile northwest of the Genesee River and treated for a severe head laceration. Leary was taken back to Station Rochester and transferred to Emergency Medical Services.
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