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Ferry passenger describes when boat hit NYC dock

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    Commuters in 'disbelief and shock'

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Right Rick thanks.

-- -- Moret was a passenger on that -- he's with us from lower Manhattan now -- -- been a -- Chris.

Yet it was there was this is.

-- system as I'm sure.

So you come around from the statue of liberty like this thing does every day and all the locals know they were about to dock right in what happens.

Exactly so you know people -- milled around this -- don't -- -- that there spoke to their -- whatever and then.

Next thing you know.

You know everybody is -- around people are on the ground.

Mike -- still sitting down so.

My you know I -- boredom pals my I'll be front and and -- -- that it had those.

You know -- disbelief and shock but you know what the heck just happened have been.

You know it'll look quick so quick.

Short of the city -- anybody -- certain yet received in action -- -- really just happened.

It could could you tell you were coming in fast any warning this something weird was about to happen.

Are no not really the only.

Just simply because I didn't know.

Exactly where -- work -- those you know in the middle of the -- and owner of the and so I didn't have that.

That's visual recognition -- -- we're here we should be going this past should be doing this.

It's -- say that some of the people who were standing like waiting to get off the thing.

Really got tossed around bad would you say.

But yeah absolutely absolutely they were particularly in the very back on the very left -- the on the boat so a lot of people -- right behind basically a viewer.

Anybody who was standing there and -- -- they were gonna fly.

And these days they went down hard and in the staircase -- -- that's.

You know it was it was going to be pretty apparent pretty quick but that's where -- a lot of -- people probably going to be.

Did did everybody stay calm that -- go nuts something in between.

It actually didn't -- not -- -- really did not go nuts there wasn't a lot of -- the only -- bit that I even heard.

Was from people yelling down to the people on the -- -- say.

You know did it did help.

But it wasn't a lot of border a lot of you know -- or hysteria or people like rushing to get off the boat or anything like that it did surprisingly -- This man that's good news because a lot of times after these things when people really get hurt Chris -- boring it was on on on board this morning -- good thanks for calling in.

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