I95 ROCKS • February 28, 2023
"I'm sitting at the beach, and I can hear somebody screaming. A guy was flagging his arms all around. The battery had died in his truck, and the water was coming up over it and he wanted to know if I would pull him out. The rope he had was too short. Like most clam diggers, he had parked close to the water line. But when he returned, he found that he couldn't get the truck started, and the tide was coming in quickly. I tried calling AAA, but they had me on hold, so I hung up and called 911. They connected me with the State Police. Then the guy hops into somebody else's truck and without permission backs it into the water to his truck. Then he shuts it off and can't get it started again. A friend nearby had a long enough rope to get the second truck out. But the first truck was a total loss.”