Mulholland said that as far as he knows, never has a boat crashed after his blessing.
Then Mulholland, wearing a navy wool cap, got ready to board what would have to be one of the strangest maiden voyages he's ever taken, one on which the captain would need medical attention and a four-piece old-time band would play a few bars from the Titanic movie theme song, "My Heart Will Go On." For the oft-criticized Toronto Port Authority, and captain of the ship, it would not be the festive day that all had expected. And island airport critics would be crowing by day's end.
The boat set out, drifted west, taking it out of line with the dock on the airport side, then, seemingly misdirected, headed back toward the foot of Bathurst St.
CLANK.
A small group of people standing only a few metres away on the north shore, presumably anti-island airport protestors, started jeering and clapping.
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