{"id":317891,"date":"2026-08-10T17:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T17:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/317891\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T17:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T17:30:14","slug":"feds-charge-speedboat-operator-after-mother-and-infant-are-killed-in-new-york-harbor-capsizing-wral-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/317891\/","title":{"rendered":"Feds charge speedboat operator after mother and infant are killed in New York Harbor capsizing :: WRAL.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The operator of a speedboat that capsized in New York Harbor over the weekend, killing a 27-year-old woman and her infant daughter, is due to appear in federal court in Manhattan on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities did not immediately reveal the federal charge or charges brought against Manuel Hernandez, a 46-year-old New York man already facing state charges of reckless endangerment in the deaths of Sara Sanchez and her 5-month-old daughter, Antonella Garcia.<\/p>\n<p>It was also unclear who will represent Hernandez in federal court.<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas Biase, a spokesperson for Manhattan federal prosecutors, said Hernandez was in federal custody and that further information would be provided.<\/p>\n<p>The mother and daughter died after a 22-foot Bayliner speedboat overturned late Saturday near the Statue of Liberty. <\/p>\n<p>Police divers found them and they were pronounced dead at a hospital. Twelve other people were rescued before police arrived. The U.S. Coast Guard said they were in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>Capt. Doreen McCarthy, the Coast Guard Sector New York commander, credited the rescue of survivors to \u201cheroic, swift actions\u201d by those who responded from various agencies, along with a good Samaritan vessel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The operator of a speedboat that capsized in New York Harbor over the weekend,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[18924,118,9,11,10],"class_list":["post-317891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-ap-u-s-news","tag-associated-press","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317891","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=317891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}