. Grucci being confident of the show going on despite heavy rain, his principal concern is any discomfort for the crew, in case of showers. As the Megan McAllister left Mariner's Harbor, bound for Erie Basin at around 1700 on the sixth, some- one called out. "Look at that sky over Manhattan!" There
nature's own pyrotechnics do their slow- motion thing. (Photo: Don Sutherland.) An hour after a spirited pelting by a tropically-inspired downpour, Megan McAllister noses the fireworks out of Erie Basin, conveniently near Liberty Island, with a lovely warm sunset in full bloom. (Photo: Don Sutherland.) AROUND
consume in continual succession, a point to remember throughout every July. On the sixth, for example, we were due back at the Statue aboard the Megan McAllister, for another display. It was to celebrate the premiere of the movie, "The Fantastic Four." But first we'd appear on the fifth, in Erie Basin