New York – A second body was recovered in the Hudson River on Sunday a day after a tugboat collided with a barge and sank at the Tappan Zee Bridge, where a new span north of New York City is under construction, authorities said.
The body of Timothy Conklin, 29, of Westbury, New York, was pulled from the river.
A third person aboard the boat, Henry Hernandez, 56, remains missing, and divers were searching for him in conditions that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo described as “very difficult” because of the poor visibility. Crewman Paul Amon, 52, was also killed in the accident.
“Much of the diving operation is actually done by feel,” Cuomo said at a press conference. “The ship itself is damaged, which makes the investigation of the interior more problematic.”
As reported by Vos Iz Neias