New York City Police Department (NYPD) personnel and the crews of some passenger ferries operating on New York's Hudson River have responded to an incident wherein a boat with twelve people on board capsized just off Manhattan.
The incident occurred in the early afternoon (local time) of Tuesday, July 12, when a small rented boat that had earlier sailed out of nearby Weehawken in New Jersey overturned in the Hudson off midtown Manhattan's Pier 79 ferry terminal.
NYPD Harbor Patrol units and the ferries Garden State and John Stevens (pictured), both from the fleet of regional operator NY Waterway, soon arrived at the scene.
Police divers and the ferries' crews subsequently pulled ten survivors and two deceased victims out of the water. The deceased included a 50-year-old female and a seven-year-old boy.
Acting New York City Fire Department Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said three of the survivors are in critical condition and are being treated in hospital while the remainder are in stable condition.
Salvage teams are now working to raise the capsized boat as part of the investigation into the mishap.
NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said the incident "may have well been worse" if not for the assistance rendered by the ferry crews.
