Tourist Falls In First Casualty Aboard USS New York

A tourist injured herself yesterday when she fell eight feet into an "amphibious assault vehicle" on display aboard the USS New York. The woman was visiting the newly commissioned warship — which is forged out of steel salvaged from the remains of the World Trade Center — when she tumbled into a smaller vessel like those "that carried soldiers before they stormed the beaches of Normandy during World War II," the Post reports. The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where she is in stable condition. The naval ship will leave its dock at Pier 88 tomorrow and sail to Atlantic Fleet headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia, where it will begin active duty, according to the boat's website.