New York (CNN) -- As an 8 a.m. ferry made its final maneuvers across the Hudson River, Ashley Furman clutched her hand-bag and made small talk with other commuters. Then it all went black. When she woke up, the 26-year-old New Jersey native was in pain and on the floor with the wind knocked out of her, about six feet from where she had been standing. "It felt like an elephant landed on me," she said. The high-speed ferry that serves as Furman's normal commute slammed into a Lower Manhattan pier near Wall Street around 8:45 a.m. Wednesday. Scores were left bloodied and writhing in agony as emergency crews rushed to the scene.
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NEW: The U.S. Coast Guard says 85 people were injured in the crash, 1 critically
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"Several people were thrown into the air and onto the ground," a passenger says
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The Seastreak ferry travels between New Jersey and Pier 11 near Wall Street
As the vessel approached @placeholder's Pier 11, witnesses said, unsuspecting commuters had gotten up from their seats and packed closer to the ferry exits and atop stairwells -- a typical occurrence at the end of their 40-minute commute.