Re: at least our families get our bodies back

catzz66 <catzz66@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:3sh45mFo7n15U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> Jasper Janssen wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 22:13:51 -0500, catzz66
>> <catzz66@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Actually, they had lights, the article said. Probably the closing
>>>speed of the powerboat was too fast to react in time, even with the
>>>lights.
>>
>>
>> The closing speed of the powerboat was too drunk to react in time,
>> you mean.
>>
>> Jasper
>
>
> Anything is possible, but I don't know. It happened at dawn. It
> seemed to be a matter of speed more than anything. The one article I
> happened to see said that at that part of the waterway, people have
> lobbied for a speed limit of something more like 5mph. Apparently it
> is much higher than that if there is one at all. Maybe some of you in
> NY or NJ will see some followup on the incident.
>

There are "no wake" and "5 MPH" signs all over that part of the Harlem
River, especially since it was re-opened to hand-launch and human
powered small craft. That part of the river is actually a canal, the
"Harlem Ship Improvement Canal." Spuyten Duyvil Creek (more of a marsh,
actually) was dug through and replaced with this canal to connect the
East River - Harlem River system to the Hudson River - North River
system. None of these "rivers" are actually rivers. We have half of a
fjord, a "race" (underwater river) and an estuary system. In any event,
every part is subject to heavy control and enforcement.

The body was found Thursday morning.

--ag
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