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Off-duty Mass. firefighter dies in boating accident

David Hanson, 19, was found floating unconscious

The Boston Herald

KINGSTON, Mass. — A Kingston firefighter died in a boating accident off Plymouth Beach early yesterday.

David Hanson, 19, was found floating unconscious about 2:30 a.m. yesterday and pronounced dead at Jordan Hospital in Plymouth.

A second man, Wayne Carlson, 20, of Kingston was found clinging to a buoy about 2 a.m.

The Coast Guard received a mayday call from their 15-foot boat at 11:22 p.m.

Tuesday, when it began taking on water and sank in rough seas, a Coast Guard spokesman said.

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