Recovering addict saved from drowning by boat full of partying priests

It was a miracle on the lake.

A drug counselor and recovering addict kayaking in Lake George, near Albany, had his prayers answered when he capsized in deep choppy water and was saved by a gaggle of priests partying on a Tiki boat.

Jimmy MacDonald got separated from his wife and step kids while on the water after taking pictures on his new cellphone.

As he tried to make his way back, MacDonald hit choppy water and capsized. Wearing an ill-fitting life jacket, he tried desperately to right his kayak and keep his $1,400 phone from getting wet.

“That’s when I said, ‘Alright, I think I might die today. I think this might be it’,”

But, Nearby, Greg Barrett, a captain for Tiki Tours, heard his call.MacDonald was pulled out of the water by Barrett and his passengers — a boatload of priests and seminarians from the Paulist Fathers, a Catholic retreat on the lake.

“How funny is it that I’ve been sober for seven years and I get saved by a tiki bar?”