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>> okay. >> like it just -- as soon as it hit, your body rocked. and if you didn't get a grip, there are a lot of people that were just sitting there not even paying attention. but once i saw it, boom. >> so give me one second. we'll come right back to you, alex. >> we're getting reports of 60 people injured as a result of this dock crash and ten people seriously hurt. eyewitnesss say it happened at about 9:25 this morning as the ferry was heading into the dock it sped up and crashed. you saw all of this happening in. >> yes, i did. i was standing by the glass doors that open up. i saw the fer...

Gonzales is on that ferry coming from new york to staten island about 9:2567. tell me what happened. >> as we left the boat, it was smooth sailing. as we approached the dock, it started speeding up. i got a little nervous because i was wondering why it was speeding up so fast. as soon as we got to the port it just slammed right into the dock. and pushed everybody back. there was a young lady with a child that flew literally. it was chaos, pandemonium. like something i've never been involved in in my life. >> what was going through your mind when this was happening? >> i hope i don't die. i don...

>> ross, one more thing here. can you tell if the ferry came to rest. >> well, it's not usually a dock here at the st. george terminal t does appear to have come to a dock. but we don't know if it's moved since it crashed. just because it's here now doesn't mean that's where it impacted. but it's sitting where you would expect the ferry to be. i've come here several times. >> stay close to that phone. we'll be getting back to you our producer ross is on the scene there. >> and we talked to ross.

Ferry coming into the terminal crashed into the dock. just as it was approaching the doctor some unknown reason it sped up. this eyewitness just said that she thought the ferry was actually going to come through the glass window inside. >> exactly. and everyone took off running out of the terminal. and that's how frightening it was. that's how loud it hit and how hard it hit. the black plume was smoke coming out of the boat. i don't know what it was. >> reporter: thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: again, at 9:25 the staten island coming from new york city into staten island and...

You're not necessarily looking out there and watching exactly where it's going and how closure to the dock. you're just sitting there minding your business and then you get rattled. so that certainly had to be a shock for a lot of people. but minor injuries, and hoping that that is all it is. we would have to mention here as well, given what new york is going through with the times square bomb attempt and having to be evacuated, it turned out to be a cooler, people are on edge. any accident, anything involving transit, and a lot of people, it will just get a lot of attention and have it in the...