A fishing boat with 11 passengers on board began sinking off a Brooklyn pier on Wednesday night, prompting emergency responders to make a speedy rescue, according to cops.<\/p>\n
Officials received a 911 call just before 9:30 p.m. requesting a water rescue at a boat that was taking on water while docked at Pier 1 near East 26th Street and Emmons Avenue in Sheepshead Bay, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n
FDNY officials and the NYPD Harbor Unit swiftly responded and rescued 11 people onboard, helping each off the sinking ship to safety, cops said.<\/p>\n
A fishing boat sank at Pier 1 in Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, NY on Aug. 6, 2025. Robert Mecea<\/p>\n
The vessel capsized with 11 people onboard. Robert Mecea<\/p>\n
Dramatic pictures captured one side of the white boat plunging into the water as authorities rushed to the scene.<\/p>\n
All passengers were evacuated safely, and no injuries were reported, police said.<\/p>\n
However, one unidentified man was taken away from the scene in an ambulance, photos showed.<\/p>\n
First responders place a man into the back of an ambulance after rescuing him from the boat at Pier 1. Robert Mecea<\/p>\n
Information regarding injuries he may have suffered or why he was taken in an ambulance is not yet clear.<\/p>\n
No further details were available about the incident Wednesday night. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fishing boat with 11 passengers on board began sinking off a Brooklyn pier on Wednesday night, prompting…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":125648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,32258,1121,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,57234,54016,77234,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969,10639],"class_list":{"0":"post-125647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-boats","10":"tag-brooklyn","11":"tag-metro","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-rescues","19":"tag-sheepshead-bay","20":"tag-sinking","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-us-news","27":"tag-usa","28":"tag-water-rescue"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114986098792480231","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}