Police, fire, emergency workers and Coast Guard rescue boats are shown at the scene after the Staten Island Ferry crashed into one of the piers October 15, 2003, killing at least 10 passengers and injuring scores of people as it tried to dock in high winds, city officials said. The ship crashed at the end of its 5.2-mile run from Manhattan on the free commuter trip that is also popular with tourists because it passes the Statue of Liberty.   [Reuters]

A Staten Island ferry trying to dock in high winds crashed into a terminal on October 15, 2003, killing at least five passengers and injuring scores of people, the New York fire department said.   [Reuters]

Officials inspect the top deck of a ferry boat in Staten Island, N.Y., that was involved in a fatal accident Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2003. The skyline of lower Manhattan where the commuter ferry traveled from is in the background. The ferry slammed into a pier as it was docking Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, tearing off victims' limbs and sending passengers leaping into the water, officials said. At least 34 people were injured.   [AP]