Video shows the US Coast Guard tackling a large blaze aboard a boat that left two fishermen stranded in icy water. The Coast Guard Cutter Willow’s crew, homeported in Newport, Rhode Island, fights a fire aboard the burning fishing boat Miss Lynn Thursday, January 28, 2016, four miles south of Port Clyde, Maine. The heavily damaged Miss Lynn quickly sank and the two people who were aboard Miss Lynn were recovered by a good Samaritan. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. j.g. Stephen Nolan.
“This is an unfortunate situation for the two fishermen, but they did several things right that saved their lives,” said Capt. Michael Baroody, commander of Coast Guard Sector Northern New England. “They used their radio to make a distress call to notify the Coast Guard, they relayed the critical information we needed, and they donned immersion suits.”
