Breaching whale slams into New Jersey boat in Raritan Bay, sinking it with crew aboard

Breaching whale slams into New Jersey boat in Raritan Bay, sinking it with crew aboard

A routine boat patrol turned into a marine rescue when a breaching whale smashed into the stern of a New Jersey Fire Department's boat, capsizing it and forcing the crew to abandon ship. The firefighters made it out safely, but the incident in Raritan Bay showed how quickly conditions can change when people and wildlife cross paths in crowded coastal waters. What happened? At about 4:30 p.m. on July 4, a Carteret Fire Department boat was on its …