Father, Son Rescued From Disabled Sailboat in Winter Storm
Winds were up to 60 miles per hour when two men were rescued from the Atlantic.
— -- A father and son, trapped off the coast of Massachusets on a disabled sailboat as a brutal winter storm struck, were safe tonight after being rescued by the Coast Guard.
Around 5 a.m., two men who were on a boat about 150 miles south of Nantucket contacted the Coast Guard after they were caught in today's Northeast storm, the Coast Guard said today.
Heavy snow and brutal winds have been reported throughout coastal New England today, and the extreme weather left the men's boat in the Atlantic without power and with broken sails, the Coast Guard said.
Rescue crews arrived just before 9 a.m. and took the father and son to Air Station Cape Cod.
No injuries were reported, according to the Coast Guard.
When crews arrived, winds were nearly 60 miles per hour and the sea was up to 25 feet, the Coast Guard said.
"This rescue was a major effort and we are all relieved it ended as it did," Lt. j.g. Tyler Dewechter of Air Station Cape Cod said in a news release.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said coastal communities were expected to get the worst of the storm. Nearly 2,000 flights in the region have been cancelled and more than 10 inches of snow has been reported in Boston.
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