This was Day 1 of an eight-day voyage that Mr. Rivera and his brother Craig Rivera had embarked on to bring Geraldo’s boat from Hampton Bays, where he had spent an extended vacation with his wife and youngest daughter, to the suburbs of Cleveland, where they live. Mr. Rivera, who turned 80 on the Fourth of July, had found himself out of work for nearly the first time since the early 1970s when he emerged onto the journalism scene as a swashbuckling muckraker. In June, after 22 years at Fox News, he was demoted by the network (“humiliated” is how he put it), and so he quit. Mr. Rivera had enjoyed political relevance late into his career, thanks in part to a longstanding friendship with Donald Trump, dating back to the 1970s. As Mr. Rivera considered what his future might be, he wanted and maybe even needed an adventure.

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Persons: Rivera, Craig Rivera, ”, Donald Trump, “ Organizations: Fox News, Fox Locations: Hampton Bays, Cleveland