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Several Passengers Injured in Seastreak Ferry Accident
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ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, NJ - Several passengers were injured Wednesday morning when the Seastreak Wall Street crashed into the South Street Seaport Pier 11.
At least 58 people sustained injuries when the ferry, heading up the East River, took a left turn into the dock and sustained a large gash in the right front hull when it came to a hard landing.
The injured were transported to area hospitals including: Lenox Hill, NY Downtown, Roosevelt and Cornell.
Many passengers were standing, ready to disembark, when the boat slammed into the pier and they were flung around the cabin. Witnesses described shoulder, back, leg and head injuries.
In a news conference, officials said there were two passengers in critical condition at Weill-Cornell Medical Center.
The ferry departed Highlands at 8:00 a.m. and was approaching Pier 11 in New York City when it hit Slip D and then Slip B on the south side of the pier at about 8:45 this morning. The northern side of the pier will reopen at noon.
The Seastreak Wall Street, sometimes called the "big boat" by passengers, was retrofitted last year with lighter propellers which make travel smoother according to some passengers. One person, speaking to local CBS News affiliate, WCBS, said since the retrofitting there were sometimes docking issues, with the ferry maneuvering back and forth to dock. There is no indication if that was the case during this docking.
"A lot of head injuries. A lot of people were bleeding from their head," said Kim Nelson, who witnessed several passengers being removed from the boat.
NTSB investigators are en route to the scene.
AHHerald to Roll Out New Format
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AHHerald has resolved technical issues that could have caused us to go dark for a while. Our webhost, the company that provides space for our website, threatened to suspend our account, as it did for a few hours last month, if we could notreduce the demands on their computer. A combination of increased web traffic - a result of Sandy coverage - and out-of-date software which runs our website caused high loads on their computer's CPU (central processing unit). We have made tweaks to our out-of-date software to patch the problem for now.
In the weeks ahead, we will roll our a new website and a new format. More on that later. For now, you can continue to count on the Herald for daily news and events information, the best columnists on the Bayshore, and letters from your neighbors.
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Merry Christmas
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We would like to wish all our readers a very Merry Christmas.
Since October, when Superstorm Sandy came through and devasted so many homes and disrupted so many lives, the spirit of Christmas has been evident in the volunteers who have given so much of themselves in the cleanup efforts; in those who have opened their homes and shared their love; and in those who have collected toys and clothes and food.
We remember our men and women of the military who sacrifice so much for our freedom and our way of life.
And a special prayer goes out to the children and parents of Newtown.
We hope that the Spirit of Christmas continues to reach all of you.
Merry Christmas!
YMCA Teen Camper Selected for Community Service Award
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PICTURED: Tabitha LaRocca, a YMCA volunteer and student at Mother Teresa Regional School, is presented the “Knight in Shining Armor Award” at a Rutgers basketball game for her community service efforts at the Y’s Camp Arrowhead.
Middletown, NJ – Fourteen-year-old Tabitha LaRocca, a member of The Community YMCA Camp Arrowhead Teen Leaders Program, has been selected as a winner of the Johnson & Johnson and Rutgers Athletics “Knight in Shining Armor Award.” The award recognizes young people who go “above and beyond” to help others in their community.
Tabitha was presented the award on Sunday, Dec. 16 at a Rutgers women’s basketball game with over 20 family members, friends and YMCA employees on hand to cheer her efforts.
AHHerald Website - Technical Problems
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Some readers saw a message this morning the the account had been suspended. This was confusing to our readers. Your individual account is not suspended with the AHHerald website. It was the AHHerald who was temporarily suspended.
We are doing all we can to address the problem. This means possible upgrades to the software behind the AHHerald website. In that event, it is possible we will be out of service for up to 24 hours.
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