For three men on the crew of a responding NY Waterway Ferry that helped rescue boaters from the capsized vessel in the Hudson River, it wasn’t the first time they’ve sprung into action — they also helped save people during the Miracle on the Hudson in 2009
Peters and the team on the John Stevens ferry quickly got to work. They dropped the Jason’s Cradle — the netted rescue device the stranded boaters grabbed onto — into the water. Deckhands Steven Black and Hector Rabanes said their hearts were pounding trying to pull people on board.
The two victims who died when a boat capsized in the Hudson River have been identified as relatives, as the NYPD focuses on the investigation to figure out what went wrong. NBC New York's Ida Siegal reports. The two were aunt and nephew, according to the NYPD. Officials said the group of family and friends had chartered the boat out of New Jersey earlier in the day.
Albiero Orozco, who owns the eatery, said he had known Lindelia Vasquez and the family for some time. Investigators are looking into whether capacity aboard the 18-foot boat or weather may have played a role in the vessel capsizing, which left two people dead and 11 others pulled from the water. NBC New York's Ida Siegal reports.
Coast Guard officials said the group was on a 24-foot Yamaha AR-240 jet boat, named"Stimulus Money." They're not yet sure if it was chartered, as was initially reported, or if the boat was a privately-owned pleasure craft. The 3,660-pound boat has a top speed just below 52 MPH.
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