– credit J P Lachman, via FacebookFrom the Jersey Shore comes the story of a parasail operator rescuing a kayaker and her dogs as fast as the wind which capsized them was blowing across the water.
It was Thursday evening in Sea Isle City and Brennan Bollard wasn’t working. A storm was forecasted and at around 7:00 p.m. it hit the bay with winds of 40 mph.
Out in the bay, a pair of kayakers had been paddling along whom Bollard had previously known were out there. As the winds rushed in, the kayak overturned, and the couple was dumped into the water along with their two dogs.
Footage taken from a man’s window across from the dock where Bollard’s boat was moored shows the experienced pilot run, leap into his boat, and speed out to intercept them on their course across the bay. Arriving there, Bollard picked up the dogs and eventually the woman as well.
Coverage from ABC 7 Eyewitness News included an interview with a bystander who watched the rescue take place.
“We were on the deck like, ‘Oh my gosh, we gotta do something,'” said resident Alex Clarke.
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“Next thing you know, we saw Brennan sprinting down the dock, and within 30 seconds he was full throttle grabbing them,” said Casey Clarke. “As soon as we saw Brennan, we were like, ‘they’ll be fine. They’re in good hands.'”
The man and the kayak made it back to the dock alone, and Bollard said that if they hadn’t been wearing life jackets, they might not have survived the rough seas.
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