DORCHESTER, MASS. (WHDH) - Boston Fire Dive Rescue Team divers rescued a fisherman who was trapped in the current and clinging to a pier in the Dorchester Bay Basin Sunday morning.
Boston fire divers arrived at the scene around 6:45 a.m. where they saw a fisherman clinging to the pier at Beads Bridge in Dorchester.
Crews say the fisherman was in approximately 8 to 10 feet of water for about 20 minutes before being rescued.
The fisherman suffered minor injuries.
No additional information has been released.
At approximately 6:45 Boston Fire divers rescued a fisherman who was trapped in the current clinging to the pier at Beads bridge in Dorchester. The fisherman was in approx 8 to 10 feet of water for about 20 minutes before being rescued and suffered minor injuries. pic.twitter.com/Qv9aJNRwCe
— Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) September 1, 2019
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