New Hampshire teen jumps into out-of-control boat after sailing instructor falls overboard


A New Hampshire teenager was seen on video jumping off a jet ski to stop an out-of-control boat after his boating instructor fell overboard last week.

Brady Procon, 17, sprang into action after his father, Jeremy, told him an unmanned boat was circling Smith's Cove on Lake Winnipesaukee.

“I was sitting on the porch and my dad yelled that there was a runaway boat in the wake zone,” the teen told WMUR-TV.

Procon told the outlet that the boat's operator, who is part of a local sailing association, is a sailing instructor who was teaching children to sail at the time.

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The sailing instructor operating the boat fell overboard. (Rich Bono/Facebook)

The instructor had bent down to reach for a tennis ball used to teach spinning when one of the boys' boat tipped over and its mast struck the instructor's throttle, the outlet reported.

Unmanned boat out of control in Smith's Cove on Lake Winnipesaukee

No injuries were reported immediately after the incident. (Rich Bono/Facebook)

The instructor was thrown from the boat into the water and the out-of-control vessel spun in circles on the lake, the outlet said. Bystanders reportedly helped pull the children away from the boat.

Procon gets on board

Procon jumped onto the drone from the back of a jet ski. (Rich Bono/Facebook)

Procon told the outlet he “didn't really think” when he jumped onto the back of his neighbor's jet ski and was pulled toward the out-of-control boat.

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The video captured Procon jumping onto the speeding boat and stopping the vessel.

“I'm a little bit, I'm realizing what I did, a little bit scared, but it was fun, I would do it again,” Procon told the outlet.

There were no immediate reports of injuries related to the incident.

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Lake Winnipesaukee, the largest lake in New Hampshire, is located in the foothills of the White Mountains in Belknap and Carrol counties.

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