Third Body Located Inside Sunken Tug: News Report

A third body believed to be Harry Hernandez, 56, of Staten Island has has been located inside the sunken tugboat near the Tappan Zee Bridge, according to CBS New York News.

The tugboat, one of three escorting a barge down the Hudson River, crashed into a construction barge that was part of the New NY Bridge project early Saturday morning. It sank within moments and authorities said it was underneath the barge it hit.

Hernandez's body had not been found as of this afternoon when Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino gave the press an update. Part of the heavily damaged boat were inaccessible and police diver operations had ceased, though marine and aerial units were continuing to search along the Hudson.

Commercial divers were at the site today, Astorino said, assessing the damage as the first step in making a plan to raise the tug to the surface. That plan will go to the Coast Guard for approval.

CBS2 said the body was identified and located this evening.

Actually raising the tugboat out of the water could be a week or more away.

One member of its crew, Paul Amon, 63, of Bayville, NY, was pulled from the water Saturday and the body of Timothy Conklin, 29, of Westbury, NJ was recovered from the tug.

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