Captain in fatal NY Harbor tragedy didnt have boat license was hired as limo driver for luxury tour company: court docs

The captain of a motorboat that capsized in New York Harbor and killed a mom and her baby was not licensed to operate the vessel – and was actually hired as a limo driver, new court documents reveal.Manuel Hernandez, 46, was allegedly running an illegal charter operation when he overloaded the 21-foot boat with 13 passengers on Saturday night, and lacked required safety standards that included child or infant-sized life jackets, federal prosecutors said.Sara Sanchez, 27, and her 5-month-old daughter, Antonella Garcia, drowned shortly before 10:30 p.m.when the boat was struck by a swell while making a U-turn near Liberty Island, while panicked survivors clung to the overturned vessel until help arrived.Hernandez was arraigned in Manhattan federal court Monday afternoon on misconduct and neglect charges — still wearing a white bathing suit and swim shoes as he faced the judge.He was arrested following the tragic mishap and hit with more than a dozen counts of reckless endangerment by the NYPD before the feds also brought charges against him.Hernandez was due to be released on a $50,000 bond pending his next hearing on Sept.

9.Survivors told The Post that the captain swam to the hull of the overturned boat while passengers scrambled to find loved ones – and the doomed mother and daughter – to no avail....