The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan came to the aid of a local fisherman Thursday after his 35-foot commercial fishing vessel began sinking.
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Boston was notified at 8:23 a.m. that the fishing vessel Little Hunter was taking on water near Eastern Point in Gloucester Harbor. The call was made by the crew of the Gunsmoke, which was in the area, according to Ensign 4 Vuthy Pav, of Station Gloucester.
Coast Guard personnel launched Station Gloucester's 25-foot response boat and arrived at the sinking vessel at 8:33 a.m. Once on scene, rescue crews asked the operator to put on his life jacket as they began to set up a pump to try to remove water from the fishing vessel, according to a Coast Guard press release.
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