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Clearwater runs aground, but kids still learn plenty and have fun

Originally published: October 15, 2012 4:13 PM
Updated: October 15, 2012 9:48 PM
By JOHN DYER  john.dyer@cablevision.com

A fifth-grade class from Irvington Main Street School

Photo credit: Faye Murman | A fifth-grade class from Irvington Main Street School is evacuated by county police after the environmental sloop Clearwater ran aground during a class trip on the Yonkers waterfront. (Oct. 15, 2012)

Fifth-graders from Irvington's Main Street School expected to take a Hudson River cruise for a class trip Monday.

Instead, they got stuck in the mud.

"Honestly, it was much better than going to school," said 11-year-old Cole Kerner, shortly after a Westchester County police boat ferried him, 20 classmates and a few adult chaperones from the Sloop Clearwater to the Yonkers Recreational...

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