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Swamped Kayaker Rescued
A kayaker who was
swamped by a large wave survived 45 minutes in the water off
Provincetown, Massachusetts, yesterday before being rescued by the Coast
Guard, according to a report in the
Cape Cod Times.
Rick Merrill of
Newton, Massachusetts, was paddling with his friend Zach Carwile of
Boston, when a large wave hit Merrill's kayak and began filling it with
water. Merrill, who has kayaked for 12 years, said he's never had
anything like this happen to him before. Still, he was prepared, wearing
a lifejacket and carrying extra rope, a whistle and his cell phone,
which he threw to Carwile.
After trying to
paddle and then tow his partially submerged kayak, Merrill swam while
Carwile paddled. But after his body began cramping in the 69-degree
water, Carwile phone the Provincetown police, and the two were soon
picked up by the Coast Guard. |
