On Sunday, a tragic boating incident in the Ambrose Channel near Staten Island resulted in three fatalities, with one person still unaccounted for. The U.S. Coast Guard reported that one passenger is critically injured while another has stabilized. The cause of the capsizing, which occurred around noon, remains unclear, prompting investigations by local fire and police departments along with the Coast Guard. The incident happened in frigid waters, with temperatures at 36 degrees, raising concerns for safety in maritime activities in the area, a crucial shipping channel to the Port of New York and New Jersey.
At least three people died and one person was still missing after a boat they were in capsized in the frigid waters of the Ambrose Channel near Staten Island on Sunday.
The boat overturned around noon, according to the police. It wasn't immediately known how it overturned or what kind of boat it was.
One passenger was in critical condition, the police said, and another was in stable condition, according to the Coast Guard spokesman, Petty Officer Second Class Sydney Phoenix.
The water temperature near the Battery in Manhattan was 36 degrees on Sunday afternoon, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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