Thursday, May 22, 2025

5/17/25 - New York City Fire - Tall Ship Collision w/Brooklyn Bridge - Radio Traffic - Part 1 of 2

maybe 10 minutes before first Marine unit arrived - maybe 12 minutes
until ICP announced - maybe 15 minutes until extra Rescue and Squad
sent - 4 fireboats sent - lousy audio on this tape - maybe
synchronized simulcast

https://youtu.be/849QFFhNuKc?si=8beR3ZuS3X8a2uGg

no one sent to check the bridge

any ambulances sent to Manhattan side ?

no status report in first 15 minutes - no exact location of ship - did
anyone give any directions to any responding units - confusion about
where to send ambulances

first meaningful report was from dispatcher saying that a tugboat was
taking victims to Brooklyn pier

very unusual call of course

just occurred to me - there might hjave been bodies up on the bridge

(there was video from the bridge when the boat hit - there were about
20 pedestrians right there on the pedestrian / bicycle walkway - many
with cellphones running - they ran from 1 side of the bridge to the
other)

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