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Staten island ferry, authority and the chief operating officer, james c simone will conduct an investigation to determine what caused this action and i think there was a major point that congressman mcmahon just made, that in 2003, that was a human error and this appears to be a mechanical malfunction, causing the boat to speed up and hit the dock, theres some damage to the dock and to the bow of the boat, but thats seven feet above the water line and so there was no danger of the boat ever taki...

On this ferry around 9:25 this morning. that crash sending dozens of people flying from their seats, injuring them. a lot of people describing this as a crunch of metal and wood with this dock you see here behind me. a lot of people attributing it to the sound of a large car crash. passengers on board describe the scene this morning as chaotic. people screaming, crying, bleeding. the department of transportation says it appears to be a mechanical failure at this point. but have noted that this v...

Accident the captain passed out at the wheel fatigued and on painkillers. human error was not believed to be involved here. new york councilman mcmahon wants to make sure this never happens again. >> we want to find out why this happened and ill take that back to washington and try to have a hearing to see if we can help the city to figure out why this happened. >> reporter: the ferry that crashed today just pass add inspection last month. a quarterly inspection. passed it yearly infection in 20...

And we invite everybody to come on over to staten island and spend the afternoon if they like and you might want to take the ferry back. >> we might be able to do that, set up a live shot on the ferry. as far as the investigation into what happened today and going back and looking and this is the same ferry in 2003. i understand that you are looking at a different type of investigation as well. >> yes, in my mind, the problem is why is this mechanical failure, why did it happen? in 2003, human e...

Seas arent rough, the visibility is not that poor, which makes you lead to believe that mechanical or human error. >> yeah. now, this picture here from the camera, this is a camera thats order up just by wnbc, their traffic cam, and they have trained eyes here. it looks foggy. >> yeah, i mean -- because there are showers going through now. but earlier when the incident occurred, it wasnt like that. so thats what makes me believe thats not the case. >> okay. >> i mean, the currents in new york ha...

You know, as my sources pointed out, its not uncommon for immigrants to carry a large amount of money. so -- especially cash. so thats probably why it didnt raise any eyebrows. but at this point, it certainly is now, and the perspective of the investigators is thats a lot of money, and im told that he apparently brought in possibly more money recently. >> okay. well, lots more to come, no doubt, and im sure well speak with you about it. jerry markon, thank you so much. lets go back to new york...

Is rough seas, that can be a rough ride. but today we were speaking with bill karins earlier about the weather, and there is not bad weather to be contending with, not a lot of wind. a very light rain. so the effect of the weather on this accident remains to be seen at this point. that would make it either human error or mechanical error there as we see some people being carried out on a stretcher. but it doesnt seem like people are in panic mode. you see firefighters there, and they dont seem t...

So we dont have to worry about waves. there are bad currents out there, but these ferry operators go back and forth this route hundreds and thousands of times a year, so thats not an issue. you can see the rain moved in and then out. i think alex, just being a novice boater myself, the interesting thing is they knew it was about to happen, they said "brake, brake" and of course boats cant brake, they throw it in reverse or neutral. and it sounds like they knew this was going to happen and that m...

Collision into the dock terminal. of course, that ferry takes off from the tip of new yorks mat hat an island and crosses the harbor. were told there was some sort of collision upon docking. we dont know what caused it, whether human error or mechanical error. we are told that police and fire are on scene, and there are 10 to 12 people, reportedly, according to wnbc that have been injured. the report is they have mostly minor injuries, so were keeping a close eye on this to see if anything furth...

Crew or any of the passengers? >> no, i havent talked to them. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> all right. well, governor david pat areson making it to the scene to survey the damage and we are told that once that ferry pulls back from the terminal, there is going to be seen extensive damage to the front of the ferry. the interesting thing is, what struck all of us here in the news room today, this is the very same ferry that experienced a tragic accident in 2003,...