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.

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By Ben Muessig in News on November 11, 2009 6:09 PM

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valeriob

USS Darwin.

NannyState

Amphibious!

jibbly

She tripped up on her flippy floppies.

angry_mariner

She's a ship, not a boat. Also, she's a "she," not an "it."

pk4l

corpsman lay topside! =)

dkim2015

Damn, u beat me to it

changcheung

Uh, what casualty? -- very misleading headline. Probably why you write for a blog.

GOP

LOL! pwned. probably why you (changcheung) don't write for anything, including blogs.

Mr Mel

What is it you're missing, someone fell 8 feet into a bare metal space and got hurt. She's in Bellevue being treated for injuries. Is English a second language?