Transcript for Fishermen rescued after whale flips boat
Now to a rescue caught on camera. A fisherman plucked from the waters in new jers after a whale upended their boat. Reporter: Two fishermen hoping for a bite instead getting a breach when a whale capsized their 20-foot boat launching them intthe water off the Jersey shore. The boat just goes — and it’s gone. Reporte the pair Frie for over 60 years, a retired firefighonding to their may day call fishing the fisher met of harm’s way. N what you expect the atntic coast of New Jersey. It’s really unusual. Reporter: Climbing up the Ladd to safety and his friend behind him. They say they spotted the whale and then lost track of it. We had noight, no sound nothing before it hit us. If it was on the surface after it hit us, we were flying. Our focus was elsewhere. Reporter:ilar encounter Ju last summer in nearby waters. The hump back whale making a lash just feet from the boat. Whoould have thought? It was crazy. It was a wild experience. Reporter: This time the rescueings their WHA of a tale to a happy ending. I’m gd it worked ouand I was able to help. Dan, I saved the whale of a tale line, the last one in the story. Made you wait for it. New Jersey state police had a little fun with it on Facebook writing suddly the great beast was beforehem he was 10 stories high if he was a foot and charges are pending against the whale. Wnever saw the whale. How will they identify him? No, we didn’t. Quoting “Moby dick” will send Yo sleeping is cap .
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