NEW YORK - Police were investigating whether a Staten Island ferry pilot fell asleep during a routine trip across a windy New York Harbor before the mighty vessel slammed into a pier, killing 10 people and injuring at least 42 others, including three who lost limbs. The pilot bolted the scene so quickly that he left behind his gear and his keys, then broke into his house where he slit his wrists and shot himself with a pellet gun, a law enforcement source said.
Posted by Editor at October 16, 2003 08:19 AM