Two off-duty Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) employees rescued a couple from a boating incident near Point Defiance Park in Tacoma in June.
Andrew Potter and Tom Mathews, who have over 30 years of combined experience with the WDFW, were fishing west of the Clay Banks after work when they noticed the couple fall overboard from their boat, according to a release from the department.
The incident happened around 6:30 p.m. when Potter and Mathews saw the couple go overboard without lifejackets…