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Man falls off boat in outer harbor; State Police fish him out
By adamg on Mon, 07/07/2014 - 9:34pm
Around 9 p.m. from the Provincetown II between Long Island and Deer Island. State Police troopers found the 39-year-old, pulled him up and got him to a Boston Police dock Deer Island for transportation to a local hospital to be checked out.
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Apparently it was an attempted suicide
A friend of mine was aboard and was standing near this passenger when he overheard him tell people nearby that he was going to take his life just before hopping over the railing.
Provincetown III
The tweet says he fell from the Provincetown III, which is a high-speed catamaran passenger boat with service between Boston and Provincetown. Your article says Provincetown II, which is an older and larger boat used for booze cruises around Boston Harbor.
If it was the Provincetown III, and it was a suicide attempt, I would have expected him to wait until he was farther from land.
Sorry, State Police later updated
Correction on commuter boat it should be Provincetown II. Not III.
Very difficult
To "fall" off a boat. Fishing in the Bering Sea is dangerous, but very few fall off the boat. You may get knocked or swept into the water, but not fall into it. Unless you are doing handstands on the railing, then that's a possibility.
So sad if it was a suicide
So sad if it was a suicide attempt. Ptown II goes pretty slow, if you were going to get hurt jumping down, it would be bc you hit the side of the boat, Which is what happened to the gentleman last year, that jumped from the Ptown. (Wonder if they fined him)
So sad if it was a suicide
So sad if it was a suicide attempt. Ptown II goes pretty slow, if you were going to get hurt jumping down, it would be bc you hit the side of the boat. Like what happened to the gentleman last year, that jumped from the Ptown.