Rescuers Pull Two Fishermen From Water after Boat Capsizes, Third Still Missing

Two fishermen were rescued and a third is still missing after their boat capsized in the waters off Sakonnet Point in Little Compton.

Little Compton Fire Chief Richard Petrin said crews were called at around 11:30 p.m. when relatives said the fishermen had not come home.

The Narragansett Bay Marine Task Force went into action and soon found one man hanging on to the rocks at the Sakonnet Lighthouse. He was rescued with help from a Middletown rescue swimmer and a Coast Guard helicopter and brought to Rhode Island Hospital for treatment.

Crews soon found a second fisherman hanging on to a lobster pot buoy in open water. He also was taken to the hospital with symptoms of hypothermia.

The third fisherman is still missing and crews have been searching far and wide for him in an area that covers nearly 370 square miles.

Officials are hopeful that the man is OK because he was wearing a personal floatation device.

The boat reportedly capsized after the stern broke.

The three fishermen are all from Rhode Island but they have not been identified at this time.