They are heroes.’ Fishermen saved from Boston harbor thank officers who reeled them in local

 Tommy Azerado, 41, addresses the media from left while his father, Joseph Azerado, 76, is second from right and is hugged by Boston Police Officer Steven Merrick. Officer Garrett Boyle is on the right. Boston Harbor Patrol officers rescued the couple. Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

Alexander Thompson, Boston Globe

Aug 29, 2022 | 9:13am

When Joseph and Tommy Azered first met Boston Police Officers Stephen Merrick and Garrett Boyle, they were clinging to a floating green igloo cooler in the waters of Boston Harbor just off Graves Wright.

At about 6:35 p.m., after his 28-foot fishing boat sank, Boston Police Harbor Patrol officers Merrick and Boyle, officers from her unit, arrived to pull her two men, exhausted, from the sea. Did. on thursday. On Sunday, a father and son who live in Somerville had a chance to thank police officers as they all reunited at the headquarters of the Boston Police Harbor Patrol in the harbor. We hugged each other on the wharf next to the police boat that had taken us.

"When I look at these people, I feel like I'm looking at God," said Joseph Azeredo, 76, recalling police arriving during the rescue operation. "I have never seen a better cop in my life."

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