As New Jersey firefighters returned from a July 4 security patrol, a breaching whale erupted beneath their boat, leaving them only seconds to escape before it began taking on water. The incident ...

A surfacing whale "violently" hit a fire department marine security boat in New Jersey over the weekend, causing "catastrophic damage" to the boat but thankfully no injuries, officials say.

BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A minke whale died off the New Jersey shore after a collision that nearly tipped over a small boat and threw a person overboard. Social media video of the collision in ...

A breaching whale struck a Carteret fire boat during a Fourth of July marine patrol, causing catastrophic damage and forcing firefighters to abandon the vessel within seconds, officials said. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A New Jersey fireboat captain is speaking out after a whale sank his rescue boat over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. "We were ...