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'A miracle that I'm alive': Boaters speak out after whale lept onto their vessel (www.wcvb.com)

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Two people were thrown into the ocean after a humpback whale landed on their fishing boat off the New Hampshire coast on Tuesday morning, and the entire incident was caught on video.

The Coast Guard also confirmed that the men who were on the boat were recovered by other boaters and brought to Great Bay Marina.

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[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That was amazing, I'm glad everyone even the whale are fine

[–] memfree@beehaw.org 5 points 3 months ago

I gather there are a good number of humbacks in the area, but wow, that was too close. That seemed like folks need to give them some space.

There's also this story from the day before about a humpback in the Piscataqua river: https://wgme.com/news/local/humpback-whale-spotted-piscataqua-river-along-maine-new-hampshire-border-portsmouth-kittery