New York, NY – The recent scare in Washington state — two men, apparently of Middle Eastern descent, were spotted photographing sensitive areas of the ferryboats that ply Puget Sound, while tensions are high in Seattle, the FBI says there is no credible threat here.
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“The Staten Island Ferry, like the rest of New York City, was already and continues to be at a heightened level of alert,” said Ferry Chief Operating Officer James DeSimone.
The layers of protection currently in place at the Staten Island Ferry include measures that are visible and invisible to passengers, and range from cute and playful bomb-sniffing dogs to machine-gun-toting security patrols and armed escort boats. [siadvance]
The Staten Island Ferry, you will recall, is operated by drunken drug users, and has a tendency to crash when they space out while on deck watch.
The Staten Island Ferry may be on a “heightened level of alert,” but what level of alert is the pilot on?