The Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office is commending two officers for rescuing a man that was found nearly two nautical miles away from where he fell off his boat.
The sailor was found nearly two nautical miles from where he fell into the water, the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office says.
"Once on scene, they calculated the current and plotted the drift to give them a better idea of an approximate location," police added."The sailor was found 1.6 nautical miles south-southwest of where he fell in." The man appeared to be clinging onto a piece of floating debris as the police patrol boat approached.Photos released of the rescue show the sailor appearing to cling onto a piece of floating debris as the patrol boat approaches him. The sailor is pictured after officers pulled him onto their patrol boat in the waters off Martha's Vineyard near Cape Cod, Mass.
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