MANCHESTER, New Hampshire – A breaching whale crashed onto a boat, tossing two people into the water in Portsmouth Harbor off the New Hampshire coast on Tuesday.
Colin and Wyatt Yager, who were on another boat, saw the two fishermen get thrown into the water and went to help the duo. They said the two people appeared to be OK, according to ABC affiliate station WMUR.
The brothers were fishing about a mile off the New Hampshire coast.
Colin Yager, who captured the incident on video, saw the whale breach a couple of times before approaching the boat. Colin pulled out his phone to try to record the whale, the ABC affiliate station WMUR added.
“I had my fishing rod right here, phone in my hand and just saw it go up, and was just lucky enough to be facing the right direction,” Colin said.
The brothers added they plan to wear a life jacket from now on after seeing that one of the fishermen who were tossed in the water was wearing one.