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Two people were rescued from the Long Island Sound after their small plane made an emergency landing on Sunday, June 1, according to officials

A good Samaritan reportedly helped rescue the individuals before authorities arrived at the scene,

Police said the two people rescued from the plane sustained non-life-threatening injuries

Two people have been rescued after a small plane crashed into a body of water in New York.

The pilot of the Piper PA-32 “declared an emergency while in communication with New York Air Traffic Control” around 10:24 a.m. local time on Sunday, June 1, according to a statement from Tweed New Haven Regional Airport .

The aircraft, which took off from Bridgeport-Sikorsky Airport in Connecticut, “was approximately eight miles from Tweed-New Haven Air

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