NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Two men are being credited with rescuing four people from a sinking boat Tuesday morning near the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel.
The Newport News Fire Department, in a Facebook post, said lives were saved due to “courage, quick thinking and teamwork” of two people, Waverly Tillar and Tron Green, who had watched another vessel in distress and, when it began to sink, pulled four people from the water — three adults and a teen.
NNFD said it had responded to a Code Green around 9 a.m. for a vessel sinking near the MMMBT, with the Coast Guard letting the fire department know that the people had made it out of the water and were heading toward the Huntington Park boat ramp. NNFD said it sent its units to meet the people there…