The captain of the overloaded boat that capsized off Liberty Island in New York Harbor’s “Wild West” late Saturday — killing a mother and her infant daughter — was hit with more than a dozen criminal charges Sunday. 5 FDNY units respond to a capsized vessel off Liberty Island on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026. “Recreational boating in New York Harbor is the Wild West,” the source said. Paul Martinka for NY Post5 Rescue crews seen scouring the waters after the deadly incident near Liberty Island. Follow the latest on the boat crash off Liberty Island in New York Harbor:5 Wreckage seen as NYPD Harbor Unit officers investigate an overturned boat at their Brooklyn base on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026.