Published July 3, 2010
A boat with 174 people on board ran aground in Boston Harbor, off Deer Island, and began rapidly taking on water. The Coast Guard said all of the passengers were safely removed from the vessel. Two minor injuries were reported.
At first I heard reports it was the schooner Spirit of Massachusetts, one of Boston’s famed tall ships. In fact, it was the Massachusetts, a tour boat.
Web producer Jess Bidgood and I updated this post with details as they became available throughout the day. I boarded a police patrol boat and was one of three journalists who got up close to the sinking vessel.