Lee Tippett is one fast-thinking – and competent – charter boat captain. He was just returning from a fishing trip near the mouth of the Patuxent River in Southern Maryland when he saw a boat on fire about half a mile away at the fuel dock of the Solomons Yacht Club. He told the seven people on board to stay in the cabin, while he backed his boat up to the burning 21-foot powerboat, threw an anchor on it, and towed it two miles into deep water. Tippett, who’s been running his charter business for 12 years, said, “I was just doing what I could to help out.”
The fire started when the owner of the powerboat tried to restart his engine after refueling. The resulting explosion threw him back into the cabin. He suffered second-degree burns.
Read The Washington Post story and see the video here:
