As you all may not be aware of it, my youngest brother, Steve is a New York City Policeman. He is in the Harbor Patrol that protects our waterways into the Big Apple. On his off days, he runs a towing service on the water for broken down boats and or boats that run aground.
Well not to be out done, he was in an accident this past Tuesday. He was out on the water around 9:30 pm just after sunset. A 20 foot craft with no lights on came barreling down on him. He never saw it coming. The bow of the other boat, road up, over his boat just missing him. It sheared off the aft section of his tow boat. The two people in the other boat (a man and a woman) were both intoxicated. The woman was thrown into the water. They had no life preservers on and they both were unable to swim.
My quick thinking brother radioed in a May Day instead of a 911 distress call. When you call 911 you get an operator that starts asking all kinds of questions, chewing up valuable time. “May Day” everyone comes running. (the Coast Guard, the police and other boaters in the area)
Anyway, the intoxicated man started to take his shirt off to jump in the water. The women pleaded not to. She knew he could not swim. Steve dove in to save the woman’s life. When all was said and done, it did not make the papers down there. So with the power of my pen and the internet, it has made it to print. To all the Unsung Heroes out there, we salute you.
Steve, you are my hero.
Jimmy B.
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