WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - An elderly man is thanking a lifeguard for saving his life after a large wave tossed him overboard and flipped his boat upside down.

Waves in Palm Beach County flipped over a boat, nearly ending the life of the 77-year-old on Monday afternoon.

Ocean rescue crews responded to the capsized boat about 200 yards offshore.

Witnesses nearby looked on in disbelief as two lifeguards jumped into action to save the man.

“I saw a guy going out on his boat. Maybe a 20-footer, his boat flipped, a wave hit him,” said Marty, who witnessed the boat flipping over. “A wave hit him, lifted him up, another wave hit and turned him upside down.”

One of those lifeguards, John Bibbo, detailed his heroic rescue.

“I was in the center tower and radioed the other guys and hopped o

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