{"id":317725,"date":"2026-08-10T13:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T13:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/317725\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T13:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T13:42:10","slug":"heartbreaking-photos-show-mom-who-died-alongside-infant-in-nyc-boat-crash-as-gofundme-launched-in-support-of-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/317725\/","title":{"rendered":"Heartbreaking photos show mom who died alongside infant in NYC boat crash as GoFundMe launched in support of husband"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heartbreaking photos show the mom of two who was killed along with her infant daughter in Saturday night\u2019s boat capsize in New York Harbor, as loved ones rally round to support her grieving husband.<\/p>\n<p>Sweet family pictures show Sara Sanchez, 27, with her husband, Andres Garcia, on a fundraising page to support Garcia after he lost his wife and 5-month-old daughter, Antonella Garcia, when the motorboat they were on overturned near Liberty Island.<\/p>\n<p>Sara Sanchez, 27, and her husband, Andres Garcia, are shown in a family photo. Facebook \/ Andres Garcia<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez, along with their five-month-old infant daughter, passed away in the crash. Facebook \/ Andres Garcia<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur friend and colleague Andres Garcia experienced a loss that no husband or father should ever have to endure,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-andres-and-his-son-after-a-devastating-loss?cp_src=d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reads the fundraiser.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pictures show the couple with their 6-year-old son, Salvador, who was not on the boat at the time. The youngster\u2019s birthday is this week, friends told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>One especially heartbreaking picture shows a heavily pregnant Sanchez beaming as she poses with her husband and son for a professional family shoot.<\/p>\n<p>A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers crane vessel lifts an overturned boat from New York Harbor at the NYPD Harbor Unit base in Brooklyn on Sunday, August 9, 2026. The vessel capsized off Liberty Island on Saturday while carrying 14 people, leaving a 27-year-old woman and a 5-month-old child dead. (%Luiz C. Ribeiro) Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose of us who know and work with Andres want to come together around him and their son during the most difficult time of their lives,\u201d the fundraiser continues.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the latest on the boat crash off Liberty Island in New York Harbor:<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez, his wife, and infant daughter were among the 14 people onboard the overcrowded motorboat when it capsized just before 10:30 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The captain, Manuel Hernandez, was arrested Saturday night and now faces federal charges over suspicions of running an illegal charter company.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heartbreaking photos show the mom of two who was killed along with her infant daughter in Saturday night\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[8948,1015,57,9,56,63,65,64,103,23589,58],"class_list":["post-317725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-boat-crashes","tag-deaths","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-nypd","tag-statue-of-liberty","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317725","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=317725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}