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  • Save your life; wear a life jacket when on a boat.

    10/02/2005 5:15:48 PM PDT · by Sun · 22 replies · 495+ views
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    This afternoon, in Lake George, NY, 21 senior citizens drowned while on a short, probably just a couple of hours, cruise. There were arouund 49 passengers on the boat. They were not wearing life jackets.
  • CITY MISSED BOAT ON SAFETY RULE

    11/09/2003 9:25:19 AM PST · by OESY · 7 replies · 152+ views
    New York Post ^ | November 9, 2003 | BRAD HAMILTON
    <p>Ten current and former Staten Island Ferry workers say last Monday was the first time the city ever notified them of a rule requiring the captain, rather than the assistant captain, to be in the dockside pilothouse every time the boat lands - a rule the city says Capt. Michael Gansas broke during the fatal ferry crash two weeks earlier.</p>