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Video. Police rescue men after boat sinks off Boston

A father and son were rescued by the Boston Harbor Police. They were clinging to their cooler after their lobster boat sank.

A father and son were rescued by the Boston Harbor Police. They were clinging to their cooler after their lobster boat sank.

The men said the engine of their 28-foot (8.5-metre) boat had become tangled in lobster lines and broken down. The current pushed the boat onto the rocks and punctured the hull, police said.