National Maritime Day Sixth Boro 2016

Yesterday was National Maritime Day.  At the edges of the Upper Bay, people associated with the maritime industries gather for a memorial.

at Marisol Escobar’s American Merchant Mariners’ Memorial statue.

Two of the newest tugboats in the sixth boro–Fort Schuyler and Kings Point, named for two area maritime academies–stood off.

 

 

Service and sacrifice were honored.

Prayers and

other words were offered by SCI’s Rev. David Rider and Marad’s Paul “Chip” Jaenichen.

 

 

All photos by Will Van Dorp.