NEW BEDFORD — 9 March 2012 – It was purely happenstance that commercial fishing captain Tom Quintin was in the right place at the right time to rescue three men when their pleasure craft sank south of Martha's Vineyard on Aug. 6.
The 50-year-old captain was returning from a previously closed fishing area, which had only been open five days earlier, and he was also taking the 101-foot scalloper Patience on a route he normally doesn't take back to New Bedford.
"It happened so quick. The boat was gone in 30 seconds," said Quintin, a New Bedford fishing captain with 20 years experience. "I tell you, they were so lucky."
And the wave of good fortune is continuing for the three men aboard the pleasure craft Cynthia Z and Quintin as the Travel Channel has gotten wind of the rescue and plans to run a story about it.
Read the complete story from The Standard-Times.