{"id":317249,"date":"2026-08-09T16:20:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/317249\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T16:20:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:20:20","slug":"operator-arrested-after-boat-capsizes-in-new-york-harbor-killing-2-and-injuring-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/317249\/","title":{"rendered":"Operator arrested after boat capsizes in New York Harbor, killing 2 and injuring 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The operator of a boat that capsized in New York Harbor, killing a 5-month-old baby and a 27-year-old woman and prompting the rescue of 12 others, has been arrested on multiple charges of reckless endangerment, officials said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The boat operator, identified as 46-year-old Manuel Hernandez, was arrested on 13 counts of reckless endangerment, according to the New York Police Department (NYPD).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The boat, which the Coast Guard said was a 22-foot-long Bayliner, capsized around 10:30 p.m. Saturday near Liberty Island in New York Harbor, prompting a major rescue operation, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NYPD divers and first responders with the New York Fire Department responded to a call, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two people, an unidentified woman and a 5-month-old girl, were transported to NYU Language Health Brooklyn, where they were later pronounced dead, the NYPD said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Twelve people were rescued and transported with minor injuries to local area hospitals, the FDNY said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The operator of a boat that capsized in New York Harbor, killing a 5-month-old baby and a 27-year-old&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[119588,9,21478,4180,11,10,15454,1095],"class_list":["post-317249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-manuel-hernandez","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-fire-department","tag-new-york-harbor","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-police-department","tag-reckless-endangerment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}