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for larger version       FDNY Rescue After Fumes Fell Young Boaters
Fire officials say that the Staten Island boaters, a man, woman and seven children who were all related but not all siblings, were anchored in Jamaica Bay on the "Lady V," a 35-foot cabin cruiser, when, shortly before 3 p.m., a child who had been playing in the below-decks cabin told the adults that two of the others had lost consciousness. One of the adults made an emergency radio call, but mistakenly reported that the boat was under the Brooklyn Bridge. Soon after, however, the mistake was corrected by a second call that brought the fire department's Marine Three Unit, stationed at the former Coast Guard station in Fort Tilden, to the scene, just west of the Marine Parkway Bridge.
They administered oxygen to the pair. "It was a good thing we were so close," said Johnson at a hastily called news conference. "In a few more minutes, it could have been fatal. We were in the right place at the right time." The children were brought to Fort Tilden, where they were transferred to ambulances for the ride to area hospitals. Two children were taken to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx; two were taken to Peninsula Hospital Center; three to Coney Island Hospital. All were treated and released, according to hospital sources.
The children's ages ranged from 6 to 11, fire officials said.
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