Overview

• Officials received a 911 call just before 9:30 p.m. Wednesday reporting that the fishing boat at Pier 1 in Sheepshead Bay was taking on water
• FDNY and NYPD Harbor Unit crews arrived swiftly and used rescue equipment to form a makeshift bridge, allowing all 11 passengers to crawl to safety
• One unidentified passenger was taken to Coney Island Hospital for evaluation while the others were treated on site with no serious injuries
• Early Thursday aerial footage showed the vessel securely tied to the dock and half-submerged, with a thin sheen of fuel visible on the water’s surface
• The incident has intensified scrutiny of boating safety in New York waters following a fatal charter boat capsizing near Staten Island in February