Boy rescued, man drowns off shores of Connecticut

  Eyewitness NewsCONNECTICUT (WABC) -- A man drowned in the strong currents in Long Island Sound off the shores of Connecticut Monday afternoon.

Authorities say 34-year-old Rocco Daddio, of Hamden, was swept away as he walked with a boy on a sandbar in Silver Sands State Park.

Someone on a personal watercraft rescued the 9-year-old boy, but it took more than two hours for emergency crews to find the man.

The boy, who was not identified, was reunited with his family. (Copyright ©2011 WABC-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.) Get more Northern Suburbs News »

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Connecticut police make massive $6 million drug bust

  Eyewitness NewsWINDSOR LOCKS (WABC) -- Police in Connecticut seized $6 million worth of cocaine in a massive drug bust.

Undercover narcotic agents learned about a planned drug delivery in the town of Windsor Locks Wednesday.

Officers disrupted the exchange and found 220 pounds of cocaine.

They arrested a 37-year-old man from the Bronx.

It's one of the largest drug busts in state history.

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