water rescue

A father and son held on for their lives by clinging to a cooler and lifebuoy while stranded off the coast of Boston Wednesday evening. Officers Stephen Merrick and Garret Boyle of the Boston Police Harbor Unit responded to the 911 call at 6:30 p.m. “We’re so weak, I can’t even move. Help him up, please,” the son said...

Two people had to hang onto a floating cooler after their boat sank in Boston Harbor.

Three men are missing and presumed dead in California after a child was caught in a river current and they swam out in an attempt to rescue him, authorities said.

Three fishermen were rescued Tuesday after their boat sank off the coast of Scituate, Massachusetts.

Two groups of hunters were saved by first responders after they got stuck in part of the icy Nanticoke River in Seaford, Delaware. Emergency crews were able to rescue each group by foot, boats and helicopter.