Two men from Springfield, Massachusetts were rescued after their boat capsized in Long Island Sound thanks to East Lyme police dispatchers who used FaceTime to help determine where they were.
Just after 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, the East Lyme Police Department dispatch center received a 911 call from people who were on a boat that was taking on water.
The boat was thought to be off Millstone Point, in Niantic Bay, and marine units from the Niantic Fire Department, East Lyme Police Department, Goshen Fire Department and the United States Coast Guard responded, along with East Lyme and Waterford ambulances.
While the boaters were on the phone with the East Lyme Police Department dispatch center, the vessel capsized and the two boaters went into the water, police said. They were then able to climb on the capsized vessel.