Boat lost as sea surfaces four years later

>>> their boat called the queen bee off the coast of nantucket . that's when rough seas tipped the boat to its side and flung the two men overboard. they were able to swim to shore but they thought their boat was lost forever. that was until last week when the queen bee turned up in a place no one would ever expect, over 3500 miles away off the coast of spain . here to share their incredible story is scott and rich. good morning to both of you.

>> good morning.

>> thank you very much for being here. so take me back a couple years ago you guys are in this fishing boat , you're enjoying a day out on the sea, terrible waves come about, the queen bee tosses you, you're what a mile from shore, did you -- did you think at that time this may be the end, this is how it's all going to end for me?

>> you know, it's funny because we both popped up, fortunately. and rich is about 30 or 40 yards away from me and he looks at me and says, i don't feel too good about this, scott . you know, and that's when the realization hits you, like oh, my goodness, the boat is on its way away from us.

>> without you.

>> and we're looking at one another saying, this could be it.

>> mm-hmm.

>> and rich you had a heart condition at the time. had to swim over a mile back to shore. couldn't have been good news for you the prospects of getting to shore at that point.

>> well, i think it was a lot better prepared for it, since i already had the operation, than i would have been before i had it. but it was, you know, certainly gives you an opportunity to -- to realize how vulnerable you are when you're in that situation.

>> so you make it to shore, you were able to call for help , you're so lucky to be alive. at what point did you think, i wonder where our boat actually went that was still sort of on as it took off and left us behind, when did you think about your boat?

>> honestly, i -- after the accident, i thought very little of the boat, because i think the two of us, and i'll speak for myself, were just so fortunate and so happy that both of us made it given the conditions and the situation, that the boat was the last thing. i hoped the boat was fine but i just wanted us to be okay.

>> then you get a call, this was over three years ago that your boat was found in spain of all places, spain , the country of spain , not the town of spain where, but the country. what was your reaction, rich?

>> well, i was shocked first of all. but it -- it -- know, it was kind of a happy ending to the whole thing. because, we've had to tell this story a million times probably at every cocktail party or something, and at the end the question people ask, you know, what happened to the boat? and there is all sorts of theories, no of them bad.

>> correct.

>> but this was, i don't know, i think it was more or less a happy ending to the whole thing.

>> well speaking of happy endings i want to really quickly run this if we have time. brian williams on "nightly news" had some fun with your their once was a boat from nantucket .

>> there once was a boat from nantucket , that bobbed across the sea like a bucket. hit by winds and heavy rain, it drifted clear to spain . now they must decide whether to chuck it.

>> did you? come on. i mean, i guess now that you're all healthy we can make light of the fact all in all we're so happy that you guys and you're both fishing again and you're fishing in nantucket .

>> yeah.

>> you're a brave man. scott and rich, thank you so much for telling your story, again. it's nice to have