04/12/2024
Next Bridge Disaster? Asset?
"By noon Friday, the alleged boat bandit was back on the street and trying to get onboard the Frying Pan — a 133-foot lightship that boasts a popular floating restaurant at Pier 66, according to workers and owners.
A bar worker on the ship said he confronted Hernandez after spotting him trying to slip through a gate onto the barge. The migrant was wearing khakis and a black hoodie with an orange logo on the back at the time.
“I was like, ‘What the f–k are you doing here?’ ” said the worker, identified only as Mario. “I told him to go away. He started talking s–t, and he ran away.”
Angela Krevey, co-owner of Pier 66 Maritime, said the wannabe first mate claimed he left his passport on the bright red vessel, which is permanently docked at Pier 66. Observers said Hernandez may have mistaken the Frying Pan for the fire boat because of where it was and its color."
“We thought this would just be a one-day news story. [We] wouldn’t imagine he would get out on two grand larcenies, but here we are,” said Eric Fischer, with the company that owns the third boat.…
