A Fireboat At Dawn

On July 14 at 5:30AM Queen Mary 2 sailed back into New York Harbor, crossing under the Verazzano Narrows Bridge. A fireboat greeted us as part of Cunard’s 175th Birthday Celebration. It was a grand sight. The spray reflected the first light of dawn. It also cast a reflection in the water. Dark silhouettes of the Manhattan skyline, including the new Freedom Tower, took on more definition in the brightening sky. It reminded me of a Henderson Cisz city scape done in oils as we sailed past toward the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. Yet I was capturing the unforgettable picture for free just because I was waking up early to get ready to disembark. A fortuitous moment indeed.