Coast
Guard crews rescued a 28-year-old man from a 16-foot boat after it
starting sinking in Boston Harbor, May 10, 2015. (Coast Guard photo by
Petty Officer 2nd class Andrew Haak)
At about 6:30 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Boston
received a distress call via the Massachusetts State Police that the
man’s boat was rapidly flooding between Deer Island and Long Island.
The command center launched a 45-foot Response Boat crew from
Station Boston who arrived on scene at 6:48 p.m. to find the man perched
on the bow. By then, much of the small boat was submerged, but it did
not sink completely.
The rescue crew safely transported him the response boat and took
him to shore at Winthrop Landing. Simultaneously, a commercial tow
service brought his boat ashore.
“This rescue absolutely underscores the value of inter-agency
coordination,” said Lt. Kristina Butler, command duty officer at Sector
Boston. She said the mariner initially called 911, where the operator
quickly patched in Massachusetts State Police, who then had the Coast
Guard on the line in seconds.
Weather on scene was 8-knot winds and 2-foot seas. The air temperature was 48 degree fahrenheit, the water 50 degrees.