The tugboat Kaleen McAllister sank before 10 p.m., Mike Reagoso, the vice president of Mid-Atlantic operations for McAllister Towing, said Sunday. No one was injured in the incident, Reagoso said. Everyone had left the boat by the time it sank, said Petty Officer David Marin, a Coast Guard spokesman operating out of Baltimore's Curtis Bay yards.
"It is too early to determine what the extent of the damage may be, but the submersion of the tug is not expected to interfere with any harbor operations or any port operations," Reagoso said in a statement.
He said the tugboat struck a submerged object, leaving it damaged and taking on water.
The Coast Guard "got a report that they were taking on water" sometime before midnight, Marin said, referring to the tugboat. Nearby tugs, including the Robert E. McAllister and Dann Marine Towing's Treasure Coast and Sun Coast, tried to assist the vessel but were unsuccessful, Reagoso said.
Efforts to pump water out of the tug faster than it was coming in failed, Marin said, and it sank at the pier, which is used by McAllister. The vessel began to sink about 7:30 p.m. and was submerged before 10 p.m., Reagoso said.
There was a report of a "small leak" of diesel fuel and lube oil after the tug sank, Marin said. The site has been "boomed off" to prevent any further spread of the leak, he said. McAllister notified an environmental cleanup firm it has on contract, Miller Environmental Group, Reagoso said.
McAllister plans to raise the tug, perhaps by using inflated air bags, and send it to a shipyard for repairs, Reagoso said. He is unsure how much it will cost to raise the tug.
"We kind of have to" get the tugboat out of the slip, Reagoso said. "You can't just leave a vessel there like that."
When it comes to security, the most obvious change for runners – was having to use clear plastic bags to check any items.
“It’s not really that big of hassle when you look at the problems they had up in Boston,” Mike Purpura of Cranberry said. “I think Pittsburgh taking the precautions are doing the right thing.”
Twenty-nine bomb sniffing dogs inspected the marathon route.
The Coast Guard also made inspections under bridges.
And a device on top of a building as well as this hand-held version were used by a local company to look for any chemical agents or fertilizer that could be used in a bomb.
Another change was that spectators were kept farther away from the runners’ starting area.
Backpacks and bags weren’t allowed beyond the checkpoint – an officer even looked at the stroller Russ Shelly’s daughter Maggie was in.
“There’s understandable concern these day,” he said. “It’s just a reality of our times.”
The city determined which garbage cans along the route to remove – and which ones to keep.
There were extra police and paramedics had extra gear including tourniquets.
At 10 a.m. there was a report of a suspicious package found at the intersection of Fifth Street and Liberty Avenue, investigators got there right away, but found nothing.
The race went off rather smoothly.
“It’s a sense of relief, the event happened,” Marathon Director Patrice Matamoros said. “I think we found a nice balance between security and safety reassuring our runners and still creating a fun atmosphere.”
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