Breaching whale capsizes canoe in Massachusetts, drowning 1 of 2 men aboard the 12-foot vessel

Breaching whale capsizes Mass. canoe, drowning man

PROVINCETOWN, Mass. — A whale has leaped above the water and capsized a canoe in Massachusetts, drowning one of two men aboard the 12-foot vessel.

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Connie Terrell says the men were left struggling in the cold water Wednesday morning after a whale breached near them. Biologists consider breaching a form of communication or play.

Terrell says the men were rescued by a vessel owned by a boat rental company in Provincetown.

The Cape Cod Times reports that a 47-year-old man drowned after the canoe capsized.