A helping hand from security forces

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Observations on the Hudson River as it passes through New York City. The section of the Hudson which passes through New York is historically known as the North River, called this by the Dutch to distinguish it from the Delaware River, which they knew as the South River. This stretch of the Hudson is still often referred to as the North River by local mariners today. All photos copyright Daniel Katzive unless otherwise attributed. For more frequent updates, please follow northriverblog on Facebook or Instagram.

A helping hand from security forces

Security gets tight in New York City ahead of UN Week in September. While most of the action is on the East Side and on the East River, the North River also gets its share of attention. On Friday afternoon, a pair of Coast Guard grey hulled RHIB type boats and 33-foot grey Coast Guard SAFE boat came up the estuary and pulled alongside a recreational boat.

These are not the typical red-hulled Staten Island-based response boats we often see on port security and rescue drills here but, I believe, are assigned to specialized law enforcement units and may be trucked in for this week’s events. While the equipment was unusual, the interaction with the boater was more typical: they brought him over to an unused floating dock in the 79th Street Boat Basin and waited until a TowBoat arrived to assist him with what were presumably mechanical issues.