Nation IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : Fishing Boat Sinks; 2 Killed, 16 Injured

A charter fishing boat with 19 people aboard hit a submerged object and sank near the entrance to New York Harbor, killing two men and injuring at least 16 other people, authorities said. All 19 people aboard were pulled from the frigid waters within two hours of the sinking, which was reported at about 3:30 p.m., Coast Guard officials said. The boat’s captain, Jack Chale, said the 110-foot Bronx Queen was in 40 feet of water “when we hit something, hit a submerged object. Whatever it was, I have no idea. I never saw it.” Coast Guard boats from Queens and Sandy Hook and helicopters from Brooklyn and Cape May, N.J., participated in the rescue.