The city worker killed in a freak raw sewage boat explosion on the Hudson River has been identified as a “beloved” veteran New York City Department of Environmental Protection engineer.
Raymond Feige, 59, died when the sludge vessel blew up at the North River Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility near 135th Street in Upper Manhattan on Saturday morning.
The blast threw Feige, a chief marine diesel engineer, into the water — trapping him between the boat and pier, authorities said.
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It’s still not clear what caused the blast, and investigators are continuing to work the case…