A birthday celebration ended in chaos when a luxury New York city party Yacht packed with nearly 400 people slammed into a Hudson River pier Saturday afternoon, injuring dozens of passengers, according to officials and law enforcement sources.
The Timeless was attempting to dock around 4:18 p.m. when a line snapped, causing it to collide with the pier at West 125th Street and the Henry Hudson Parkways, officials and sources told The Post.
“The boat was supposed to let us off at 4, so everybody was in the area where you can depart from the boat,” said Zytin King, a lifelong New Yorker who was celebrating her 69th birthday on board the vessel with loved ones – a tradition they’ve honored for 20 years.
“Some people are coming down the stairs and the boat just ran into the dock. And so they fell, there was no support, nothing for them to grab onto. Some people fell inside of the boat. A lot of people were hurt really badly.”…