RockLobsta
05-26-2003, 08:48 AM
One dead, two rescued in Boston Harbor boating mishap
By Associated Press, 5/25/2003 20:48
BOSTON (AP) A man died Sunday after he and two other men spent nearly two hours in 50-degree water when their boat capsized in Boston Harbor, the U.S. Coast Guard reported.
Gregory Schizhik, 47, was fishing with Amire Lashgari, 41, and Gregory Zilberman, 47, when Zilberman's boat was hit by a wave and flipped over near Shag Rocks, about two miles north of Hull.
The mens' hometowns were not immediately available.
Another boater found Zilberman and Lashgari clinging to the rocks and called authorities. The Coast Guard found Schizhik in the water nearby. He was later pronounced dead at Boston Medical Center.
None of the men were wearing life jackets, according to the Coast Guard.
Lashgari and Zilberman were taken to South Shore Hospital. Their condition was not immediately available.
By Associated Press, 5/25/2003 20:48
BOSTON (AP) A man died Sunday after he and two other men spent nearly two hours in 50-degree water when their boat capsized in Boston Harbor, the U.S. Coast Guard reported.
Gregory Schizhik, 47, was fishing with Amire Lashgari, 41, and Gregory Zilberman, 47, when Zilberman's boat was hit by a wave and flipped over near Shag Rocks, about two miles north of Hull.
The mens' hometowns were not immediately available.
Another boater found Zilberman and Lashgari clinging to the rocks and called authorities. The Coast Guard found Schizhik in the water nearby. He was later pronounced dead at Boston Medical Center.
None of the men were wearing life jackets, according to the Coast Guard.
Lashgari and Zilberman were taken to South Shore Hospital. Their condition was not immediately available.