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Crews responding after vessel overturns off Liberty Island, sources say By Eyewitness News Sunday, August 9, 2026 3:37AM Stream New York's #1 news - AccuWeather - original content 24/7 NEW YORK (WABC) -- Crews responded to the scene after a vessel overturned off Liberty Island, police sources say.
Calls started coming in just before 10:30 p.m. Saturday.
FDNY Units, Harbor, Scuba and Aviation units all responded to the scene.
Sources say there were around a dozen people on the vessel when it overturned and multiple people were rescued before police arrived. NYPD divers entered the water and found two victims, believed to be a woman and a child. Both were taken to the hospital in critical condition.
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