'XIA MU JI' ( RIP)

[slydawg]

Wow. Terrible accident, and even worse that his son was there..... RIP/ Sounded like a great guy.

[MATTANZA]

that's horrible! hopefully he's fishing right now in a better place with bigger fish. rip

[jaebeee2006]

RIP, very sad story, life is too short, that was really a freak accident. My thoughts are with his son and family..

[popa_pescarul]

Sobering and tragic.
Condolences to the family and especially to Cody who can hopefully find a way to come to terms with this loss knowing he did everything he could and all the right things to handle the emergency.

Coast Guard officials said Cody McMillan radioed his desperate Mayday call about 9:30 a.m.
Fishing boat Capt. John DeMaio responded to the call from about 100 yards away and helped pull McMillan from the chilly, 52-degree water.
"His son, Cody, shot a flare gun and then called the Coast Guard," said Roger Brevet, another fisherman. "On my radio, I heard his son in a panic."
DeMaio had already started cardiopulmonary resuscitation by the time a Coast Guard boat reached the scene.

[100%]

that breaks my heart

[Bogii]

My dad

i thank you all for your support and i went to the other links and that press release isn't totally correct
this i what really happened . . .


We went out fishing Sunday 11/30/08 we left the dock at 6:15AM after getting breakfast over at gaviolas with the other two guys that joined us on our trip.
We ran 17miles to Apple tree a wreck to try and find some bigger black fish and maybe some codfish. We pulled anchor3-4 times and never found the wreck or rough bottom.
we then moved 5 miles back to where we limited out on black fish the day before(Saturday) at South Western Ledge a big rock pile.We anchored up but fishing wasn't great, mostly begauls and only 1 black fish. so my dad wanted to pull the anchor and move up a little more because we were off the ledge. We started pulling the anchor but the anchor ball never popped up and this has happened before when we snagged something. We pulled rope in for about 15-20 min and finally got to the chain. My dad put the boat in neutral and came to the back of the boat to help us. We puled the anchor up and saw the lobster pot line, but he didn't want to cut it because it's the lobster guys lively hood and how he makes a living . then the anchor got pulled out of my dad hands because the boat was drifting so my dad let some rope out and told me to go to the helm.
he said "okay Cody put in reverse"i put in in reverse than he said "okay good, now neutral" so i did then he said"forward quick" and i put it in gear and added some throttle. . . and as i did he was standing on top of all the rope we had already brought in and the rope started going out as i started to circle around for another try.
My dad's leg got wrapped wth the rope and he went over i heard him yell and i put it in neutral. the other guy yelled man overboard as i watched my dad hold onto the gunnel trying to get it off his leg and got pulled over. I put the boat in neutral and went and got a throw ring and had the guys throw it to my dad as i went on the radio to call in a man overboard on channel 16.
i saw my dad floating with his head above the water next to the orange anchor ball and i started to head towards hima nd tiold the guys to get ready to grab him. . . they missed
i circl around this time my dad on my side
he was already under water but i pulled his head up and had both my arms under his arms trying to keep his head above the water
he was unconcious the boat was drifting and he got pulled out of my arms and was under again.
i circled around real quick and this time one of the guys got out a galf. they got his jacket and as they pulled to bring him in his jacket came off.
then i started backing down and got halfway to where i assumed my dad was and wrapped the prop with our anchor rope because the guys onboard didnt know to tell me where the line was so that didnt happen.
throughtout this i was on the radio with the coast guard and the other two gys onboard with us were shooting flares at the closest boat which we found out later was the viienne.
we finally got them to come over and by then he was already under a good ten minutes and unconcious. myself and the two otherguys on our boat were just yelling some many different things that i dont think the Vivienne new what we wanted them to do.
we finnaly got across to them that we were disabled and that my dad was still underwater straight out the back of our boat.
they grabbed the lin with a galf and followed it until they got to the bouy with my dad next to it .
they cut the anchor and brought my dad aboard and i am unsure of what they did after that.
I was now adrift and i pulled in all the anchor line and got two wraps off the prop but i couldnt get anymore off.
the reason for this was because the vivienne is a downeastern and cant go as fast as i could so i knew my dad would have a better chance if i coudl get hiom onto our boat and i didnt care how rough i wa sgoing to get him back.
the vivienne couldnt transfer my dad to a coast guard boat because it was to rough



i love my dad and i hope he lived happily and i know that he will still look out for me.
and all i wish is that the cold got to him before the more painful suffereing underwater


Cody A. McMillan
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[Ali]

Soooo sad.

One of the good ones...

The ocean is a VERY unforgiving place.

[marlyn]

god bless you cody,prayers to all involved....

[?? fisherman]

Whooooa man! Reading that is just heartbreaking man!!!

Hope it's ok for me to say this, but one of my good buddies who I fish with often (and a BDer on this board) lost his dad just a few short years ago to the ocean as well and also while he was by his dads side. My buddy (Ryan) was about the same age as you Cody, and very very tight with his pops. His dad was an incredible man like yours.

The point of me saying this Cody, is that you will never forget, but over time you will slowly begin to heal. It took Ryan a while to face the ocean again, but he does so in full force now again as I think he knows that is what his dad would want, and Im sure yours would too.

Take care buddy, and dont feel afraid ever to express your feelings when your down to your true buddies cause they are the ones who will help lift you back up and get through this.

Your dad sounds like an incredible man, and just seeing what you wrote was amazing for something that happened so recently. Keep making him proud as Im sure you always did and know he is always right there with ya!

My thoughts and prayers go out to your family!

PS: Ryan, If your not cool with this please let me know and I will delete.

The unknown fisherman

[Gil Marlin]

Thanks for letting us know what really happened. Things like that happen so quickly that no one can be prepared 100% to deal with them. I read many of your Dad's posts about fishing and building his boat with great interest. My sympathies to you and all your family...

[Darylfw]

Truly sad. I too remember reading your dad's post. Cody you and your family have my sympathy and prayers.

[Troy]

This is so unbelievably sad. Condolences to the family and especially to Cody.