Investigation Begins Into Seastreak Ferry Accident in NYC
The Seastreak passenger ferry out of Highlands collided with the Pier 11 dock near Wall Street at 8:50 a.m. Wednesday.
Updated 6:30 p.m. Wednesday The National Transportation Safety Board said it will interview the captain of the Seastreak Thursday morning, and begin a thorough inspection of the damaged ferry, following the accident in lower Manhattan Wednesday morning. Seventy-four rush hour commuters were injured when the ferry experienced a hard landing at Pier 11 at 8:50 a.m. Officials said there were 326 passengers and five crew members on board. In a statement posted on its website, Seastreak said, "We are simply shocked and stunned that this happened. We know passengers rely on us to provide safe transit on our boats - and safety is the number one concern for our company. We are very sorry this accident occurred." The company said that if any …
marylou
12:14 pm on Thursday, January 10, 2013
I've always thought that a LB ferry would not be cost effective.There would be too many times when it wasn't safe because of storms and high seas.And, there will be times when it is able to operate and passengers won't want to use it because they don't feel safe.I don't remember any any ferry operator saying that they were interested in this service,just that the LB may and some others wanted to … more ›