{"id":3980,"date":"2025-06-22T02:00:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T02:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/3980\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T02:00:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T02:00:52","slug":"cruise-yacht-with-350-people-aboard-slams-into-hudson-river-dock-injuring-35-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/3980\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruise yacht with 350 people aboard slams into Hudson River dock, injuring 35 in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Around three dozen people were injured after a mega yacht struck a Hudson River dock<\/a> in upper Manhattan on Saturday afternoon, the FDNY said.<\/p>\n

First responders rushed to the scene around 4:18 p.m. near the Henry Hudson Parkway<\/a> and W. 130th St. off of West Harlem after a large cocktail cruise ship with several hundred people on board hit a dock at the West Harlem Piers.<\/p>\n

\u201cA boat was attempting to dock when it allegedly\u2026struck a piling,\u201d said FDNY Deputy Chief Gregg Brady. \u201cAt that point, [fire and police] marine units assisted the vessel to the dock, where it\u2019s tied up, and we began to offload 352 people to be assessed that were actually on the vessel at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

A total of 35 people were injured, with 22 of them being transferred to local area hospitals, Brady said.<\/p>\n

People who were on the boat told the Daily News that the captain was having issues getting the vessel back into the dock after a cruise down the river, and tried numerous times to dock the boat before the hard crash.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe couldn\u2019t get it close enough, and then he went\u2026back out in the water,\u201d said Franz Robinson, 61 who witnessed the crash from a nearby park. \u201cThen he came back again, and then the boat turned sideways, and then it just drifted into this boat right here. It banged into this dock right here, and the whole side outside of that boat is just messed up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole thing just shook,\u201d Robinson added. \u201cYou heard it, it was a loud bang.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"MedicsMedics were on hand to treat passengers who were injured by the unexpected crash into the dock. (Julian Roberts-Grmela \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

Once everyone had been escorted off of the cruise ship after the accident, it took off, according to Brady. The vessel suffered damage to its stern.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe captain was, you know, backing [into] the dock,\u201d said Lynne Johnson, 67, who was a passenger on the boat. \u201cAll of a sudden, he came back in and he backed in again, and then, like, on one of his attempts, he obviously hit something because we went [flying] from one end of the ship to the other. Yeah, so it was a little crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The boat, dubbed the Timeless, is a luxurious party cruise ship billed as a mega yacht<\/a> that can hold up to 550 people.<\/p>\n

The outing had been a fun time for everyone \u2014 until the shocking finale.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was wonderful, it was a lot of birthday celebrations,\u201d Carol Jones, 61, another passenger who was on the boat, said. \u201cIt was nice until we went to park. We heard the bang.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brady said the smash landing was uncommon, and cited the importance of local first responders in keeping the river free of hazards.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, not too often,\u201d the deputy chief said of the jarring incident. \u201cWaterways are very safe and the captains and our Coast Guard and our police and marine divisions and our fire divisions make sure that\u2026our waterways are very safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

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