Overview
- The 40-foot fishing boat Legacy, which ran aground Saturday night off Gloucester’s Atlantic Road, was evacuated of its two crew with no injuries.
- Gloucester fire, police, and the harbormaster led the response, and a 47-foot Coast Guard boat tried but failed to pull the vessel off the rocks.
- Two- to four-foot waves pushed the boat against the shoreline and damaged the hull, leading crews to order an evacuation for safety.
- Firefighters had the crew don survival suits and used rescue lines to guide them off rocks about 20 yards from shore and onto dry land.
- The vessel was reported destroyed with debris on the rocks Sunday, and the Coast Guard is monitoring the site for hazards.