Teen jumps onto runaway boat on Lake Winnipesaukee, stopping it after kids sailing instructor falls overboard

KELLY O’BRIEN SPOKE TO THAT TEEN TODAY IN GUILFORD. WELL, CERTAINLY NOT A SITUATION THAT YOU SEE EVERY DAY. YESTERDAY, AN UNMANNED RUNAWAY BOAT RIGHT HERE IN SMITH’S COVE. THE SITUATION COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE IF IT WASN’T FOR A 17 YEAR OLD KID HERE. AND I LOOKED UP AND I COULD SEE THIS BOAT CIRCLING AND THEN, OF COURSE, LOOKED AT THE BOAT, AND THERE’S NOBODY IN IT. RICH BONO SAYS THAT SMITH COVE IS USUALLY A QUIET PLACE. IT’S A NO WAKE ZONE. SO WHEN HE HEARD A BOAT MAKING WAVES, HE KNEW SOMETHING WAS UP. THE PRO CON SAW IT, TOO, AND SAY THEY JUMPED INTO ACTION. TELLING US IT ALL STARTED WITH A KID SAILING LESSON IN THE COVE BEFORE THINGS WENT WRONG. THEY TOLD US THE INSTRUCTOR WAS OPERATING THE BOAT AND USED A TENNIS BALL TO TEACH THE KIDS HOW TO TURN. AS HE WAS REACHING FOR THE BALL, ONE OF THE KIDS SAILBOATS TIPPED OVER AND THE MAST HIT THE INSTRUCTOR’S BOAT’S THROTTLE, SENDING HIM OFF THE BOAT INTO THE WATER AND CAUSING THE BOAT TO START SPIRALING. SO HE JUMPED ON HIS BOAT, TOLD ME TO GET ON THE JET SKI TO GO GET THE KIDS OUT OF THE WAY. AFTER GETTING THE KIDS OUT OF HARM’S WAY, BRADY JUMPED ON THE BACK OF THEIR NEIGHBOR JUSTIN KING’S JET SKI KING BROUGHT BRADY CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE BOAT TO JUMP ON THE BACK OF IT, LANDING ON THE BOAT AND STOPPING IT BEFORE ANYONE GOT HURT. THE DANGERS OF THE JUMP NEVER EVEN CROSSING HIS MIND. I DON’T KNOW, I IT JUST CAME TO ME. I DIDN’T REALLY THINK, I JUST DID IT. 24 HOURS LATER, THOSE WHO CALL THE COVE HOME ARE HAPPY WITH HOW THINGS ENDED, KNOWING WITHOUT BRADY’S BRAVERY, THINGS COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE IF THAT BOAT WAS CIRCLING LIKE THAT, IT COULD HAVE HIT SOMEBODY. I’M A LITTLE. I’M REALIZING WHAT I DID A LITTLE BIT SCARED ME, BUT IT WAS FUN. DO IT AGAIN. AND BRADY SAYS HE’S ENJOYING HIS LAST TWO MONTHS OF SUMMER HERE AT THE LAKE BEFORE HE SHIPS OFF TO THE NAVY THIS FAL