Wednesday, January 9, 2013
A History of Local Ferry Accidents
Posted
by Henry Stewart
on Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 12:25 PM
Page 5 of 12
In September 1997, a woman
drove her car off the Staten Island Ferry while it was still 50 feet from dock, knocking a deckhand overboard as her car plunged into Upper New York Bay. Both survived. The
Times headline: "Long Drive Off Short Ferry Puts Commuter in the Bay."
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