More than 100 passengers were evacuated when a ferry ran aground in Brooklyn on Saturday afternoon, authorities said.
The SeaStreak boat was traveling along the East River from Highlands, NJ, to the East 35th Street pier when, shortly after 4 p.m., it “experienced a mechanical issue that caused the vessel to lose power and steering,” the ferry line said in a statement.
The boat — with 118 passengers and seven crew members — began to drift toward Bushwick Inlet Park where it ran aground and began to take on water, the FDNY said.
The FDNY and NYPD responded within four minutes because the agencies already had boats in the water from an earlier jet ski incident, FDNY Deputy Assistant Chief Michael Gala said.
FDNY marine units and police harbor launchers took the passengers off the stranded ferry within two hours, Gala said.
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