A grim discovery

Wednesday got off to a sad start on the North River with the discovery of a decomposed body pinned by the ebb tide against A Dock at the Boat Basin Marina, something which is not as unusual as it should be. Police cleared the scene quickly, and life went back to normal, with typical traffic and some long distance swimmers passing through.

FDNY Marine 1’s Alpha boat initially responded to the report of a person in the water.
But Harbor Patrol Boat 9 took over
And land-based ESU officers attended to the unhappy task
Meanwhile, life went on on the North River. Royal Wagenborg’s Eemsborg cargo ship headed for Albany with a load of wood pulp for paper refineries up north.
Carnival’s Venezia returned to her homeport with assistance from Moran Towing in the morning smokey haze.
Coral Coast brought a loaded cement barge south from the Ravenna, NY plant, heading for the terminal in College Point, Queens
Vane’s Fells Point was heading the other way with a loaded tanker barge
Vane colleagues on Cape Fear made a wide turn leaving the cruise terminal after refueling Venezia, and passed the DEP tanker Red Hook on one whistle
Susan Rose brought light RCM 260 up to Yonkers anchorage and visited the pier there.
The Janice Ann Reinauer/RTC 103 combination headed for Albany with cargo.
Buchanan12 had a smaller than usual consist heading back to Clinton Point quarry
Army Corp’s Gelberman was on patrol for hazards to navigation in the North River.
A swimmer with a Mexican-flagged kayak escort passed through on the afternoon ebb.

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