Two men rescued Saturday off R.I. w/pics

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June 4, 2012 9:55 am
By Maria Armental
JAMESTOWN, R.I. -- Two men who were rescued off a boat that smashed into rocks off Beavertail Point amid rocky weather and strong seas have been identified as 50-year-old Gary Wallace of Davei, Fla., and 53-year-old Tyler Corbitt, of Fort Lauderdale.
Both have been since released from Newport Hospital, Fire Chief James R. Bryer Jr.
Wallace and Corbitt were hired by Kevin Fish, 44, of Braintree, Mass., to steer the Dream Catcher, a 42-foot recreational boat, from Atlantic City, N.J., to Newport Harbor, according to Kurt Blanchard, deputy chief of the state Department of Environmental Management.
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JAMESTOWN, R.I. -- Bruce McIntyre was walking his dog Saturday when he spotted a fishing boat in trouble off Beavertail Light.
He thought, "'Who the hell would be out on a day like today?'"
BRUCE McINTYRE
"I ran down to the rocks. I started taking pictures," recalled McIntyre, who lives in Jamestown and is a lawyer for the state Health Department. "Then up comes this orange Coast Guard pontoon boat." The Coast Guard "came around and made one or two passes.
"You could see these monster waves hitting the bow. Then I see this orange life jacket bobbing in the waves."
Someone was yelling for help. The man was "in the water, in the froth ... he was just banging in the rocks" as the waves crashed in and out.
McIntyre and another bystander reached down and pulled the man onto the rocks.
"It was a miracle," McIntyre said. "That area was the roughest spot in Jamestown."
The other man, who'd stayed with the boat -- the Dream Catcher -- made it to shore before the boat "smashed to bits."