00:00A night on New York Harbor turned deadly right near the Statue of Liberty, and now the captain
00:04of the boat is facing more than a dozen criminal charges. Police identified the two killed in the
00:09fatal boat accident as 27-year-old Sara Sanchez and her five-month-old daughter Antonella Garcia.
00:14The baby's father was also on board when the boat capsized near Liberty Island just before
00:1910.30 Saturday night. Authorities say 14 people were packed onto this roughly 21-foot motorboat,
00:25and sources say the vessel was dangerously overloaded for the conditions in New York Harbor.
00:30The boat's operator, 46-year-old Manuel Hernandez, has now been charged with 13 counts of reckless
00:35endangerment, and law enforcement sources say additional charges related to the deaths could
00:40still be coming. Now, the captain and the 11 other passengers had to be pulled from the water.
00:45Several of them were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. A massive response involving the
00:50NYPD, FDNY, Coast Guard, and Air-Sea rescue teams descended on the area with helicopters and rescue
00:57boats searching the dark water for survivors. The capsized boat has since been pulled from the harbor
01:02as investigators were to determine exactly what caused it to flip and whether the tragedy could
01:07have been prevented.
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