A visiting Belgian firefighter was killed in 2022 during an East River pleasure cruise on an FDNY fireboat because the vessel was operating recklessly at an "unsafe speed" and all sorts of agency ...

For years, operators of high-speed boats have silently endured the physical toll of their profession. Repeated slamming impacts from rough seas caused serious injuries—many of them life-altering.

The reckless operation and “unsafe speed” of an FDNY fireboat on a pleasure cruise to the Statue of Liberty caused the death of a visiting Belgian firefighter, according to the findings of a Coast ...