The tugboat Liberty suffered an engine fire off Georges Island shortly after 8 a.m. today - just as a man was falling off a fishing boat.
The Boston Fire Department promptly summoned its dive team, which promptly got stuck in traffic because it's not based on the water. However, the Coast Guard reports the fire was declared out before the BFD marine unit got out to the tugboat and that a passing boater picked up the person in the water.
UPDATE, 9 a.m.: Tug was able to get to East Boston under its own power, with an escort by the BFD marine unit. The Globe has more.
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Adam, you're mixing two
By anon
Fri, 12/07/2012 - 2:46pm
Adam, you're mixing two different incidents. A man fell off a different boat, and was pulled back onto that boat by his son.
Right, separate incidents, around the same time
By adamg
Fri, 12/07/2012 - 3:00pm
Sorry if I made it sound like the same thing.
What's the thing on the front of the tug?
By Alex_Toth
Mon, 12/10/2012 - 11:52am
If you go to the link and look at the gallery (much cooler than I expected) there's a thing that looks like a machine gun on the front. Is it a flare gun or a grappling hook or something?
Water cannon on front of tug boat
By anon
Mon, 12/10/2012 - 1:10pm
It's for firefighting.
Also used when important ships are in port. A couple of the boats will give the ship a nice festive spray of water.