Lake Erie: Boat flips, three rescued from water

CLEVELAND -- Three men were pulled from Lake Erie this morning after their boat crashed into the breakwall.  

"If we weren't there in a minute or two he was done," is how Michael Reed described the urgency of the rescue he, his father, and another man accomplished about noon on Friday.

Reed pulled a man, who he says was in immediate danger of drowing, from the choppy waters near Edgewater Park.

"He was near death in a minute," Reed said of the man, who was not wearing a life jacket, and had gone under the waves "at least 5 times."

The man who was rescued was not identified, and was taken by ambulance to a local hospital. Two other men on the capsized boat were wearing life jackets and were pulled in by other boaters who saw the commotion.

Reed and his companions were just about to pull up anchor for the day because the winds had picked up and waves were starting to crash. "We got hit with a 7 footer," he said.

"Then I heard somebody say help. I looked further and seen guys in the water, a boat flipped. Then I seen the guy who didn't have the life jacket."

"He was in panic and shock. He was almost in a near death experience," said Reed after he returned to shore with the victim. "He went under the boat, hit his head on the boat and tried to grab the rope."

"I just reached, grabbed him with all my might, pulled him up, and he was OK."

The capsized boat was not immediately found.  It was not clear if it sank or had drifted away.

WKYC-TV

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