Rough seas that flipped a fishing boat Saturday morning kept hammering the five people tossed into Tomales Bay, draining their strength as they clung to life in the frigid water. One of them a 6-year-old girl was trapped beneath the overturned vessel. Her father dove under, reaching blindly in water where he couldn't know what hazards fishing gear, lines or ropes might be lurking.
A man was taken to a hospital in critical condition Tuesday after falling off a boat about five miles off Newburyport. The Newburyport police and fire departments received a report of a boater who had fallen overboard and was in need of medical attention around 3:45 p.m. Other people on the boat performed CPR on the man before Newburyport first responders arrived, took over those efforts, and ultimately brought him to a private dock on Plum Island Point, the departments say.