STATEN ISLAND AND MANHATTAN — The Staten Island ferry moves 65,000 people between Staten Island and Manhattan every weekday, and it does so with practiced efficiency and predictability. It follows a regimented routine for every aspect of its operation. But it wasn’t always that way. Before a 2003 accident on the Andrew J. Barberi ferry [...]
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June 25, 2010 | Comments Off
Recommendation for a safety checklist for ferries is stalled
In 2003, the Staten Island ferry Andrew Barberi crashed into a pier on Staten Island, killing 11 and injuring dozens. The person at the helm had blacked out and left the ferry unmanned as it made its way toward the pier. In May 2010, the ferry once again crashed into a pier, this time because [...]