nick emmons, 7 news. >>> on 7. >> he's the man. i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for joe. >> my pleasure. >> a sea captain with an emotional show of gratitude after a dramatic save at sea. the captain had a sinking feeling when his under but another boat nearby heard his call for help and came to the rescue. jonathan hall is live in east boston with this >>reporter: the good news, they were fine. they did not require medical attention but it could have been a far different story if two captains in another boat had not been nearby. >> do you have the rate of flooding and where it's coming. >> port side forward engine room mull breach. >>reporter: their 55 foot boat sinking. >> do you have your survival equipment? over. >> roger, got it on. getting ready to do something here. >>reporter: do something, meaning abandon ship. the emily ann sank into the atlantic to the tent resistance of the boston harbor. doug richmond is alive and he credits his friend, joe maloney with saving his life. >> he's the man. i wouldn't be here if it >>repor

that's the latest live in wareham, nick emmons, 7news. >>> all right, we turn to your forecast now, some snowshowers today. for me it was when i was driving into work. but get ready to bundle up. we're in for a bitter blast. we'll go from snow to really cold. here's jeremy rine we are a check of your forecast. >> a couple of snowshowers left over north of town. it's the weather system that's been doing that for much of the day, on and off patches of light to occasionally steady snow. although, i have found one snow squall out through the outer ridge corridor. it came through athol 30, 40 minutes ago and when they come through, they briefly reduce your visibility to almost nothing in some cases. slicken up even the main roads this for you. it will continue down the route 2 corridor. other than that, the snow squall and snowflurry activity fades away this evening and a completely different weather system is here tomorrow with another round of a few isolated snow flurries and snowshowers. temps right now, mid-30s... sunshine. but the real deal is up here. big trout lake at 8 below and this

nick emmons, 7 news. >>> we have more breaking news to pass along out of dedham. the mbta confirming a person was hit on the commute rail tracks in dedham and has died. it's also causing delays. passengers being bused between the readville and dedham commuter rail stops. we'll continue to follow this breaking story. >>> a little boy rushed to the hospital over the weekend has passed away today. on sunday police responded to what they are calling a trauma incident. the child died at boston medical center. detectives have not said exactly what happened to the toddler during that incident on sunday. >>> and we're following more news here today. a third suspect tried to a home invasion in brookline has not been charged and police still looking for a fourth. police say several guys broke into a apartment shots were fired and some of the suspects were stabbed. >>> dangerous drive in east boston causing chaos at aconstruction site. an accident sent an s.u.v. slamming into five stories of scaffolding. authorities say it's in danger of collapse and will lickly have to come