A 35-year veteran of the Sandy Hook Pilots Association died Monday after a fall while boarding a containership inbound to New York Harbor, according to the Coast Guard and pilots.
Dennis R. Sherwood, of Freehold, N.J., was climbing an accommodation ladder to board the U.S.-flagged Maersk Kensington at the Ambrose Light pilot station outside the harbor approaches at 4:30 a.m., Coast Guard officials said.
Captain Dennis Sherwood died of injuries after a fall while attempting to board an inbound...
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