The Coast Guard rescued a man from the water off the coast of Falmouth on Cape Cod Monday afternoon. Video from Falmouth police shows the moment the victim was hoisted from the ocean into a Coast Guard helicopter.

At about 3:30 p.m., a Steamship Authority ferry reported seeing a person in the water near Juniper Point-Woods Hole and attempted to assist them by throwing life rings into the water.

Sea conditions and visibility were poor at the time due to a nor'easter that brought windswept rain to the Massachusetts coastline.

A person was rescued by a Coast Guard crew off the coast of Falmouth on Cape Cod. Falmouth Police

The Coast Guard, Falmouth Fire, and Environmental Police were sent to the area to begin a search.

A Coast Guard helicopter crew located the man in the area off

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