Stranded Boat In Boston Harbor Rescued: State Police Dive Team

BOSTON, MA — A boat that ran aground in the early morning fog of the Boston Harbor Monday is safely back in deeper water thanks to the State Police Marine unit.

At 9 a.m. this morning, a Massachusetts State Police Marine Section fleet was heading out to the US Coast Guard base when they got a call for a stranded pleasure boat that had run aground in shallow water on the back side of George’s Island in Boston Harbor.

Trooper Daniel Carideo navigated the waters through heavy fog to find the boat, which had run aground in about two feet of water in the harbor.

Because of the shallow water, neither Marine 44 nor a private marine towing vessel could get close enough to the pleasure boat to tow her off the rocky ocean floor.

So two of the divers aboard the State Police boat, which had been on its way with two members of the State Police Underwater Recovery Unit to the United States Coast Guard base in Boston to conduct a hull survey on USCG Cutter Forward, jumped into the water and took things into their own hands, literally.

Massachusetts State Police divers Trooper Evan Breeding and Trooper Andrew Zeller swam to the stranded boat and physically manipulated the boat off the rocks and into about 6 feet of water, where it could float freely. They then hooked up tow lines from the boat to the Sea Tow rescue towboat, which had also been called in.

The Sea Tow boat towed the boat to shore, and MSP Marine 44 and the two divers continued on to the USCG base, where they completed their initial mission, according to police.

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