A woman and her baby died after a boat carrying 14 people capsized near the Statue of Liberty on Saturday night, authorities said — triggering a multiagency search for the victims in the busy waters of New York Harbor. The captain of the boat, Manuel Hernandez, 46, of Manhattan, was arrested early Sunday and charged with 13 counts of reckless endangerment, the New York Police Department said. The US Coast Guard is investigating what caused the boat to capsize and whether the vessel was operating illegally as an uncredentialed charter, the agency said. The investigation is being conducted with the Coast Guard Investigative Service and the NYPD. An illegal charter is a passenger-for-hire operation that lacks required Coast Guard credentials, safety equipment and a certificate of inspection, according to the Coast Guard. “We are committed to holding illegal operators accountable to (the) highest extent of the law to ensure the safety of everyone on our waterways,” said Capt. Doreen McCarthy, the Coast Guard’s Sector New York commander. It’s not clear what type of boat the passengers were on, but a law enforcement source briefed on the investigation told CNN investigators bel
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DHS says Manuel Ernesto Hernandez-Umana is in US illegally after lying to border patrol when he entered in 2007 The captain of a boat that capsized in the New York harbor, resulting in the death of a woman and her infant daughter, has been…
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DHS says Manuel Ernesto Hernandez-Umana is in US illegally after lying to border patrol when he entered in 2007 The captain of a boat that capsized in the New York harbor, resulting in the death of a woman and her…
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Read original at CNN →A woman and her baby died after a boat carrying 14 people capsized near the Statue of Liberty on Saturday night, authorities said — triggering a multiagency search for the victims in the busy waters of New York Harbor.…
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DHS says Manuel Ernesto Hernandez-Umana is in US illegally after lying to border patrol when he entered in 2007 The captain of a boat that capsized in the New York harbor, resulting in the death of a woman and her infant daughter, has been…
View source →The captain of a boat that capsized in New York Harbor earlier this month, killing a baby and her mother, has been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, authorities said. Manuel Ernesto Hernandez-Umana, 46, was arrested on…
View source →Sara Sanchez, 27, and her daughter died after a speedboat capsized in the New York Harbor over the weekend The driver of a speedboat that capsized in New York Harbor over the weekend, killing a 27-year-old woman and her infant daughter,…
View source →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,…
View source →A woman and her baby died after a boat carrying 14 people capsized near the Statue of Liberty on Saturday night, authorities said — triggering a multiagency search for the victims in the busy waters of New York Harbor. The captain of the…
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