Crash victims Brian Bond and Lindsey Stewart
Authorities say the body of a bride-to-be has been found in the Hudson River near the scene of a horrific boat crash that threw her and five others into the water last last night.
Lindsey Stewart, 30, best man Mark Lennon, and four others were cruising from Piermont to Tarrytown near the Tappan Zee Bridge 25 miles north of New York City when the tragedy unfolded at 10:30 pm.
Christopher Sadowski
The accident happened about 25 miles north of New York City.
All six people aboard the 21-foot Stingray motor boat were thrown into the dark, swift waters after the vessel smash into a construction barge.
The badly injured fiancé, Brian Bond, 35, of Pearl River, and three other male friends, made it to shore. Lennon is still missing.
"We're just praying for a miracle -- Lindsey was getting married two weeks from today," her heartbroken mom, Carol Stewart-Kosick, said between sobs.
Brian Bond and Lindsey Stewart
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Rescue workers on a boat search the Hudson River south of the Tappan Zee Bridge for two people who are believed to have fallen into the water during a boat crash in Piermont, N.Y.
"It can't end like this," Stewart told WABC-TV.
Bond suffered a fractured eye socket and is now at Westchester Medical Center awaiting surgery, family members said. The others suffered head trauma.
Stewart's stepfather, Walter Kosick, said the couple had been friends since childhood and planned to marry on Aug. 10.
“Lindsey did all the planning herself for the wedding. She's a real smart lady. They've known each other since [they were ] 10-years-old -- they use to go to church together," he said.
"They fell in love three and a half years ago -- they were planning a future together," he said.
He said he had no idea what they were doing on the boat, who was operating the craft, and if the people on board were wearing life jackets.
"We're praying," he said.
Stewart-Kosick brought white flowers to the scene of the crash this morning.
Theodore Parisienne
The powerboat 'Stingray' with six people on board struck a barge in the Hudson River just south of the Tappan Zee Bridge last night.
Theodore Parisienne
Carol Stewart-Kosick, mother of missing bride-to-be Lindsey Stewart, hugs a family friend.
