Boston Harbor Unit Officers Miraculously Rescued A Father And Son After Their Boat Sunk 100 Yards Off The Coast
A father-son duo set out to catch lobsters in Boston Harbor one Wednesday afternoon when tragedy stuck. Lobster traps caught and killed their boat’s engine before the vessel began to drift into the rocks.
Then, their twenty-eight-foot boat, known as “Glory Days,” began to rapidly take on water and sink within just a few minutes.
This left the pair clutching a cooler and lifebuoy about one hundred yards off of the coast of Graves Light until Boston Police Harbor Unit officers came to the rescue.
While approaching the scene, officers Garret Boyle and Stephen Merrick could only see a tiny portion of the boat’s bow still above water. Then, they saw the two men clinging to a blue cooler for life.
“They looked nervous; you could see fear on their faces. They looked very tired and weak– they were really struggling to keep their head above the water,” Merrick said.
Thankfully, the police boat was equipped with a feature that allowed its bow to lower. So, officers were able to drop the platform into the water so the two men could crawl on it.
“We are so weak. I can’t even move. Help him up, please,” the son said to officers, whose statement was captured on body cam footage.
The two officers had been on patrol about eight minutes away when they received the 911 call. But, they arrived in the nick of time and have since said the two men got very lucky.
Facebook; pictured above are the officers with the Boston Police Department who jumped in to rescue the dad and his son
Boyle explained how the situation could have turned fatal if they had been left in the water for even a second longer.
“You may have eyes on them and think, ‘Oh, we have them, they’re safe,’ but they’re not. It’s very quick. You could even be looking at them, and they could drop right under [the water], and we would never get them again. It’s scary,” he said.
Afterward, the two men were transported to the hospital and are recovering fine. Their boat was also raised out of the water and towed to Thompson’s Island.
The Boston Police Department has since shared this remarkable rescue story on Facebook, where over one thousand and four hundred grateful community members have liked the post and applauded the officers’ efforts.
“Miraculous rescue! Bravo, BPD officers!” commented one user.
“Thankful you were both there! Thank you for a job well done!” wrote a second user.
To view the original Facebook post, visit the link here.
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