John Verissimo has been a New England fisherman by trade for over twenty-five years. He was born on November 4, 1967, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, a seaside city known for its wh...visualizza altroJohn Verissimo has been a New England fisherman by trade for over twenty-five years. He was born on November 4, 1967, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, a seaside city known for its whaling industry heritage and made famous in Herman Melville’s novel Moby Dick. He was drawn to the ocean at the age of fifteen. After twenty-six years of fishing waters from off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket to the Hague Line of Canada, he decided to make a change to the ferry industry. As fate would have it, he found himself in the middle of nothing less than the historic event we all know as “Miracle on the Hudson.” He continues to reside in New England.visualizza meno