January 21, 2013 — When Scott Higgins first saw 80-foot waves pummeling a small inflatable raft that skipped along the water at the mercy of the furious Atlantic Ocean, he doubted anyone on it could be alive.
"In my head, I was surprised anyone could end up in that situation," Higgins, who is currently stationed at Air Station Cape Cod and lives in West Falmouth, recalled about that day.
But the beaten, drenched and freezing three-man crew clung to the raft as it somersaulted atop waves large enough to swallow it like a minnow.
"A Storm Too Soon," a book by Plymouth author Michael Tougias, tells the tale of the surprise storm off Cape Hatteras, N.C., on May 7, 2007. The book, which was released this month, details the rescue of the three men aboard the Sean Seymour II.
"It's this story about incredible survival," Tougias said.
A few days before the storm, boat Capt. Jean Pierre DeLutz, 56 at the time, along with Rudy Snel of Canada and Ben Tye of England, set sail from Green Cove Springs, Fla., for a transatlantic voyage to France.
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