A commercial lobster diver survives after nearly being swallowed by a humpback whale off the coast of Cape Cod on Friday morning.
A commercial lobster diver cheated death on Friday after nearly being swallowed by a humpback whale off the coast of Cape Cod on Friday morning.
The father of two boys, ages 12 and 16, returned home to his family on Friday afternoon after being released from Cape Cod Hospital with a dislocated knee and soft tissue damage, Packard said.he was lobster diving in about 45 feet of water when he"just felt this truck hit me and everything just went dark."
"And then I said, 'Oh my God, I'm in the mouth of a whale with its mouth shut," Packard told NBC Boston, adding that he struggled to find his breathing regulator while inside the whale's mouth.
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