Coast Guard Cutter Frees NYPD Vessel Trapped in Iced-over Hudson River

Coast Guard cutter frees NYPD vessel trapped in iced-over Hudson River

The Coast Guard Cutter Hawser broke the ice around a NYPD harbor vessel on January 27, just off Pier 86 on the west side of Midtown Manhattan.

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NEW YORK – U.S. Coast Guard cutters are busy trying to keep New York's iced-over waterways moving, including freeing an NYPD Harbor Unit vessel that was beset by ice floes Tuesday.LIVE UPDATES: MISSISSIPPI DRIVERS STRANDED OVERNIGHT AS MAJOR NOR'EASTER THREATENS THE EAST COASTA displaced polar vortex parked over the eastern U.S. has helped usher in days of subfreezing temperatures and caused many parts of the Hudson River and New York Harbor — o…