Fisherman Hooks Drowning Man In River
19/07/2008 05:32
HALLOWELL — Bob Greene saved a man's life with his fishing pole early Thursday.
Greene, 42, of Hallowell, said he was drinking a cup of coffee and waiting for the sun to rise over the Kennebec River around 4:30 a.m. when he heard what he thought was a bird making noise in the distance.
He assumed it was a cormorant, and hoped it didn't mean a day of battling birds while he tried to fish for stripers from the dock at the Hallowell boat landing.
"From the first time I heard (the noise) to when I actually got him, I had enough time to drink a large cup of coffee and start reading the paper," he said.
He figures about 20 minutes passed. Then he saw what he first thought was a log.
A second later, he realized it was a man bobbing down the river, and heard a faint call of "help."
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SWIVEL HIP SAYS:
Holy Beluga Whale, Batman! Let me see . . . this is the fishing story about the big one that didn’t get away, right?