on Apr 10, 2010 at 1631 hours Officer was dispatched to an area near the Mt. Hope Briged for a 911 call.  Upon arrival operator and his nephew were in a recue being treated for mild hypothermia.   operator reported that he was in his Hog Island house and noticed his 16' Glastron boat broke its mooring and drifted to the Bristol shore north of Mt. Hope Bridge.  Both he and his nephew got into a 12' canoe and proceeded to paddle nearly 1/2 mile to retreive the drifting boat.  Within 200 yards the canoe was swamped and turned over.  Both men were clinging to a boogie board for floatation.  Local Bristol authorities rescued and transported both victims to the Church St. dock in Bristol.
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