2 Fishermen Rescue Man From Capsized Boat Off Coast Of Massachusetts

By Brandon Truitt, CBS Boston

October 22, 2024

NANTUCKET - It was a race to the rescue off the coast of Massachusetts, as two fishermen saved a man from a capsized boat.

It was coming up on four o'clock on Saturday afternoon when anglers Joe Tormay and Nick Whitbeck were about to make their biggest catch of the day. The pair had been fishing northeast of Nantucket when they noticed something in the distance, about half a mile away, that caught their eye.

"Originally, I sort of thought it was a dead whale or something like that," said Tormay. "And then, obviously, then realized and asked Nick, I'm like, 'Hey, I think there's a guy waving on top of that.'"

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