NEW BEDFORD, Mass – January 28, 2011 – A fisherman died early this morning after slipping off an icy ramp and falling into the waters near Eastern Fisheries on Hassey Street, police said.
The body of the victim, a 47-year-old man, was found just before 7:30 a.m. today floating next to the Sunlight, a herring vessel out of Gloucester that unloads its catch at the South Terminal.
Authorities did not immediately released the man's name this morning because they had not yet contacted his family. The Gloucester Times has identified the victim as Giuseppi ‘Joe' Cracchiolo of Gloucester.
New Bedford Police Det. Lt. Jeffrey P. Silva said surveillance video at Eastern Fisheries showed that the victim tried to pull himself up onto a platform to board the vessel when he slipped on the ice and fell 20 feet below into the freezing harbor.
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