What the records say
- When
- 15 Oct 2003
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 40.64° N, 74.07° W
- Description
- The 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash kills 11 after one of its ferries slams into a pier.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash.
2003 Staten Island Ferry crash
Fatal accident in New York City
On October 15, 2003, at 3:21 p.m. EDT, the Staten Island Ferry vessel Andrew J. Barberi crashed full-speed into a concrete maintenance pier at the St. George Terminal in Upper New York Bay. Eleven people were killed and 70 injured, some critically. Pilot Richard J. Smith and New York City ferry director Patrick Ryan pleaded guilty and were jailed for seaman's manslaughter.
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