January 29, 2016 — PORT CLYDE, Maine — A Port Clyde fisherman is being credited with saving the lives of two fellow lobstermen after their boat caught fire four miles south of Port Clyde.
Gerry Cushman was out on the water Thursday morning at around 10 a.m. when he heard a distress call from the Miss Lynn.
The mayday call said there was an engine fire.
Cushman realized he was only about three miles away from the boat and he rushed to the area.
When he found the distressed vessel it was engulfed in flames and the two men aboard were at the tip of the boat with the fire just about a foot away.