They spotted a boat in distress and tried to help, but an oil tanker was bearing down and fast

Matt Naham, Rare Staff | Posted on December 22, 2015 11:57 am

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What an awful time it is for a boat to stall while in the path a humongous oil tanker.

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The video, uploaded to YouTube by Dylan Marshall in 2011, is just now gaining traction and shows the unnerving moments two people on a stalled boat narrowly avoided an awful fate.

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By the time Marshall and his concerned friends reached the stalled boat, they realized it wouldn’t be hit, but the pictures show it was a fairly close call.

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They spotted a boat in distress and tried to help, but an oil tanker was bearing down and fast

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