On the July 4th weekend, a methed-up Fire Island partygoer called Luis Raminez fell into the water by the ferry that takes daytrippers back from the largely gay resort to the mainland. He died later in hospital. Who to blame? Take your pick: the incompetence of the police, who apparently failed to give first aid; or the meth-addled indifference of other daytrippers. As Panama-born Raminez struggled in the water, bystanders had other concerns, according to one post on the Data Lounge bulletin board. "A friend of mine who was on the ferry said that a bunch of queens were yelling out racial slurs at the guy because they were pissed that they'd miss the train. What a bunch."
Fire Island [Data Lounge]
Questions about police in F.I. death [New York Blade]
"They'd better start updating the place or it'll become as obsolete as Pam and Kid Rock" [Michael Musto]