Jan 2, 2013 1:07 PM
Crews worked several days to free a barge carrying an estimated 400 tons of stone on Monday afternoon after it broke loose from its mooring in Peconic Bay last week and ran aground on a Hampton Bays beach.
Those assisting with the recovery of the barge, called the Mohawk and owned by Costello Marine Contracting Corp. of Greenport, also said the driver of the tugboat who went out to search for the barge last Friday, two days after it broke free, died while on the water and en route to Hampton Bays. George David Costello Sr., 63, of Greenport suffered a heart attack while attempting to recover the barge for the family business, according to his wife, Iona Costello.
Steven Mezynieski, the owner of Steven M. Mezynieski Inc., an excavation company in... more
Those assisting with the recovery of the barge, called the Mohawk and owned by Costello Marine Contracting Corp. of Greenport, also said the driver of the tugboat who went out to search for the barge last Friday, two days after it broke free, died while on the water and en route to Hampton Bays. George David Costello Sr., 63, of Greenport suffered a heart attack while attempting to recover the barge for the family business, according to his wife, Iona Costello.
Steven Mezynieski, the owner of Steven M. Mezynieski Inc., an excavation company in... more
