U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy tried to save six fishermen stranded on a breakwater near the Kennedy compound yesterday, but had to turn back and hand the rescue off to the fire department. Kennedy called the Hyannis Fire Department around 11 a.m. when he saw the fishermen on the breakwater as waves up to 5 feet high crashed over it and winds gusted to 35 mph. The 69-year-old senator took out his Familiar with the water. Couldn't have said it better myself.
``He realized it was beyond his realm of handling the incident,'' Farrenkopf said.
...having been there before.
The men were fishing a couple hundred yards off shore near the Kennedy compound when the incoming tide stranded them. Firefighters made three trips to the breakwater, rescuing the fishermen two at a time. The fishermen were treated for minor hypothermia.
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