Feds charge unlicensed boat captain after a mother, baby were killed in New York Harbor capsizing
Aug 10, 2026
Saturday evening’s favorable summer weather drew a steady stream of commercial ferries and private boats into a crowded New York Harbor, where passengers leaned over rails, straining for a clear glimpse of the city’s torch-bearing icon, the Statue of Liberty. Below them, the harbor caught the day’s final rays of sunlight alongside the emerging lights of the Manhattan skyline.