The Coast Guard rescues a man stranded off Cape Cod after ferry passengers discovered him floundering in the water during Easter Sunday.

The Coast Guard rescued a man stranded in the choppy waters off Cape Cod Beach Monday afternoon — in the middle of a thunderstorm. Nor did Easter hit the state.

Passengers on a Steamship Authority ferry were horrified when one of them spotted a man floundering near Juniper Point-Woods Hole as thick fog rolled through the area.

The ship’s crew reported seeing him around 3:30 p.m. while others tried to rescue him and threw several life rings overboard while waiting for the Coast Guard.

“All of a sudden, someone stood up and said, ‘Man overboard,’ and it was really intense because everyone on the boat immediately opened fire,” said Roy Mundy, a passenger on the ferry. CBS News.

Mundy added: “It was very traumatic. I saw a father there who was trying to figure it out while their son was at the door crying, and trying to get the father back in the house because he was afraid he was going to fall. It was very intense.”

The ferry had not left the Juniper Point Woods Hole pier in Falmouth, Massachusetts, when passengers discovered the man in the sea. The boat was scheduled to leave port at 3:45 p.m. bound for Martha’s Vineyard, according to the Steamship Authority. Autumn schedule.

The outlet reported that a Coast Guard crew arrived and saw it from their helicopter near Nobska Point at about 4:25 p.m. — a full hour after ferry men reported the sighting.

All the while, the man was battling torrential rain, raging currents, and huge waves. Fortunately, the high tide was beginning to recede after peaking at noon.

A Coast Guard rescue swimmer was deployed and the exhausted man was safely lifted into the helicopter.

The man was transported to Joint Base Cape Cod and taken to Falmouth Hospital to receive treatment for his exposure to the elements, but he was not seriously injured, according to the outlet.

It is unclear how the man ended up in the water in the first place. Falmouth police are investigating the incident.

nor’easter It brought 10-foot waves to some coasts In addition to the destructive winds that toppled trees.

In New York, it was a 76-year-old woman in Brooklyn Hit and killed by a solar panel Which flew from a nearby roof.

However, New York and New Jersey were spared the worst of the storm and recorded only about one to two inches in most places.

Meanwhile, the storm devastated some southern states. South and North Carolina were drenched with 10 and 4 inches of rain, respectively.