Lifeguard rescues elderly man who was tossed overboard by large waves in Palm Beach

An elderly man is thanking a lifeguard for saving his life after a large wave tossed him overboard and flipped his boat upside down Waves in Palm Beach County flipped over a boat nearly ending the life of the -year-old on Monday afternoon Ocean rescue crews responded to the capsized boat about yards offshore Observers nearby looked on in disbelief as two lifeguards jumped into action to save the man I saw a guy going out on his boat Maybe a -footer his boat flipped a wave hit him noted Marty who witnessed the boat flipping over A wave hit him lifted him up another wave hit and turned him upside down One of those lifeguards John Bibbo detailed his heroic rescue I was in the center tower and radioed the other guys and hopped on my rescue board mentioned Bibbo I was hoping he wasn t stuck under the boat I was hoping that he wasn t all chopped up Drone video shows the overturned boat and lifeguards lifting a man to safety Ocean rescue crews revealed the victim lost his hearing aids when the boat flipped so he was unable to hear their safety commands In addition they announced the boater wasn t wearing a life vest not even one with a kill switch that would shut off the vessel s motor in incident of an crisis When you re by yourself and you fall out the motor can still run and run you over If he had had the kill switch the motor could ve stopped right away explained Bibbo Luckily the victim only suffered minor injuries Bibbo noted he was happy to see the man doing just fine Very relieved to see that he was hanging on the boat and he was waving and had no major life-threatening injuries he stated