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Breaking News - Ferry Fire
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 8:48 am
by GalvestonDuck
Ferry fire . . . Commercial passenger ferry. Engine room fire in the harbor
near 69 st in Brooklyn. Vessel under evacuation. Coast guard and FD on
scene.
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 8:52 am
by Miss Mary
Shawn - OMG! What is happening to those ferries? I'd be jumping about now and I don't even know how to swim or like to swim!
Keep us posted.
Mary
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 8:53 am
by Stephanie
Are you kidding me? Those poor people in NY!
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 8:53 am
by TexasStooge
Oh, not another Ferry accident!
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 9:10 am
by Rainband
I didn't see it on the news..does anyone have the lastest?? Thanks
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 9:14 am
by bfez1
Rainband wrote:I didn't see it on the news..does anyone have the lastest?? Thanks
I don't see anything either. Checked all 3 sites, CNN, FOX and MSNBC.
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 9:19 am
by GalvestonDuck
Vessel to be towed, 8 passengers were on board, no injuries. (Most likely wasn't a large boat.)
Got the breaking news from CrisisAlertNet moderator. He didn't post a source.
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 9:23 am
by bfez1
Thanks for the update, duck!
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 9:52 am
by GalvestonDuck
You're welcome!
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 2:49 pm
by GalvestonDuck
Here's the story:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... rry_fire_1
Fire on Brooklyn Ferry Forces Evacuation
NEW YORK - A fire on a Brooklyn ferry forced the evacuation of eight passengers and four crew members Monday morning, but there were no injuries, the Coast Guard said.
The rescue comes less than a week after 10 people died and more than 60 other passengers were injured when a Staten Island ferry careened into a pier.
The Brooklyn passengers and crew were transferred to Fire Department and Coast Guard vessels after the fire broke out on the Sea Streak Liberty at 9:25 a.m., according to Chief Dave French, a Coast Guard spokesman.
The ferry can carry about 300 passengers and travels between Brooklyn and Manhattan. It was not immediately clear which way it was heading when the fire erupted in the ferry's stacks, which are like the exhaust system for the engines.
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 4:45 pm
by wx247
Ummm... I think I will pass on the ferries for awhile. It seems things like these happen in spurts.
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 4:48 pm
by GalvestonDuck
Yeah, don't they say tragedies and celebrity deaths come in 3's?
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 6:32 pm
by bfez1
GalvestonDuck wrote:Yeah, don't they say tragedies and celebrity deaths come in 3's?
I always heard the saying, "never two without three."