Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine and County Clerk Vincent Puleo joined the Mastic Fire Department and Mastic Volunteer Ambulance to recognize 28-year-old Kayla Masotto of Mastic Beach, who saved a man who fell through the ice on the Poospatuck Creek in Mastic.
On December 26 at 12:30 p.m., Masotto heard the commotion behind her home. She retrieved a paddle board and immediately headed out onto the icy creek. Kayla risked her own life and effectively paddled across where she was able to approach the victim and pull him up onto her paddle board. They were then thrown a rope from three good samaritans — Joseph Wahl, Tony Orsi and Alyssa Treadwell — and pulled safely to the shore.