Friend was coming back from Block Island to New London in his Irwin 30 with his girl friend. Right off Groton, a small airplane on short final has engine failure and hits the water 50 yards from him. He goes over and gets the two survivors aboard, followed quickly by the CG showing up. Big to do - front page story in the local paper the next day. Things went downhill rapidly when his wife saw the paper. He got to keep the boat.