3 rescued when tugboat sinks in Boston Harbor
Three people were plucked from the frigid waters of the Atlantic this morning as they watched their 50-foot tugboat sink below them, the pal who saved them in the nick of time tells the Herald.“It was the right place, the right time,” a humble Capt. Joseph F. Maloney Jr. of Boston Harbor Pilots said of the rescue of his close friend, Capt. Doug Richmond and two young crew members.The vessel that sank, the Emily Anne, went down approximately 5 miles east of Deer island in Winthrop, according to t..>> view original3 rescued when tugboat sinks in Boston Harbor
Three people were plucked from the frigid waters of the Atlantic this morning as they watched their 50-foot tugboat sink below them, the pal who saved them in the nick of time tells the Herald.“It was the right place, the right time,” a humble Capt. Joseph F. Maloney Jr. of Boston Harbor Pilots said of the rescue of his close friend, Capt. Doug Richmond and two young crew members.The vessel that sank, the Emily Anne, went down approximately 5 miles east of Deer island in Winthrop, according to t..>> view originalGroup uses Twitter to retell 165-year-old story of slave escape
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The secondary ticket market in Boston took a hit on Tuesday. The Red Sox announced the development of a new ticket resale website named RedSoxReplay.com where fans can buy and sell tickets to games. The site is set to go live on March 1. "Over the years, one of the requests we have heard most from our season ticket holders is to provide them with a safe, trusted, and convenient way to sell their unused Red Sox tickets," Red Sox President Sam Kennedy said in a statement. "Creating our own secon..>> view original
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
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