A hiker and his dog on Wednesday were reunited with the Suffolk County police officers who helped rescue them last week from sinking mud. Kyle Prato and his dog, Striker, were pulled to safety from ...

A Long Island man ended up sinking waist-deep into mud in a Smithtown park Thursday, getting stuck for nearly an hour.

SMITHTOWN, N.Y. (WCBS/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A man found himself in a scary situation when he sunk up to his waist in quicksand-like mud while walking his dog, prompting a police rescue.

A man trying to retrieve his dog that had wandered onto the mud of a former Long Island lake ended up getting stuck himself, ...