Oct. 15 marks the 20th anniversary of the Staten Island ferry crash that killed 11 and injured 70.
Oct. 15 will mark the 20th anniversary of the Staten Island ferry tragedy, caused when the man at the ship's wheel, Assistant Capt. Richard Smith, blacked out at the helm.
Just two years earlier, Darius had barely survived the collapse of the World Trade Center on 9/11. He was knocked unconscious by falling debris and was finally found by his family on a hospital ferryboat in New Jersey 13 hours after the attacks.Twenty minutes after leaving the tip of Manhattan, as the 3,335-ton, 310-foot-long Barberi approached the St.
Barbara A. Butcher, an investigator with the city Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, was assigned to the case. His suicide attempt failed when his family and some of his co-workers kicked the door down to save him. Smith, who still lives on Staten Island, did not return messages seeking comment. He admitted he had failed to enforce the rule requiring two qualified pilots to be in the wheelhouse at all times. He was sentenced to one year and one day in prison. He could not be reached for comment.
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