HELICOPTER HEROES

Ferry Passengers Scramble to Save Man Overboard in Terrifying Emergency

The man was in the water during a storm.

A Coast Guard helicopter rescued a man out at sea during a brutal East Coast storm. The unidentified individual was spotted on Monday off Falmouth on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, by crew on a nearby ferry from Martha’s Vineyard. The incident occurred during a nor’easter, an extratropical cyclone in the Atlantic. The Steamship Authority Ferry, which was on its way from Vineyard Haven to Woods Hole, near Falmouth, raised the alarm at around 3:30 p.m. It triggered a coalition of responders from the Coast Guard, Falmouth Fire, and Environmental Police, who sprang into action. Dramatic footage shows the man being pulled out of the water by the helicopter. From here, he was taken to Joint Base Cape Cod and then Falmouth Hospital. He had no serious injuries. Eyewitness Roy Mundy told CBS News, “Out of nowhere one person stood up and said, ‘Man overboard!’ and it was really intense because every single person on the boat shot up immediately.” He added, “It looked bleak; it was so dangerous out there.” Scenes on the boat were dramatic, too, Mundy said. “I saw a father out there who was trying to spot him while their son was by the door crying, trying to get the father back in because he was scared he was going to fall over, it was very intense.”

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