A man whose boat overturned in the Tacoma Narrows on Wednesday afternoon was able to safely swim to shore with the help of a passing train crew, according to the Tacoma Fire Department.
Destiny, Tacoma Fire’s boat, was dispatched about 1 p.m. to a call of a person in the water south of the Tacoma Narrows bridges, department spokesman Joe Meinecke said.
The crew of a passing train saw the man in the water and stopped to assist him, Meinecke said.
The man, who was wearing a life jacket, swam toward Titlow Beach uninjured, where BNSF Railways conductor Trevor Smith helped him out of the water.
“I was just glad that we could stop and help someone in need,” Smith said via email.