Sailboat Hits And Gets Stuck Under Roosevelt Island Bridge Girders This Afternoon, Rescued By FDNY Marine Unit

Sailboat mast got stuck going under Roosevelt Island bridge. @Rooseveltisland pic.twitter.com/EmJyEpOzPo

— J Robert Burgoyne (@jrobertburgoyne) June 24, 2020

A sailboat traveling past Roosevelt Island in the East River hit the Roosevelt Island Bridge this afternoon. Joyce Short shares this photo

and reports:

There’s a sailboat stuck under our bridge. The mast was caught by the under carriage.

According to a FDNY spokesperson:

Time: 1239

Call for Sailboat lodged in the girders of the Roosevelt Island Bridge. Low Tide dislodged boat.

FDNY Marine 6 towed sailboat to City Island with one passenger on board FD vessel.

NO injuries.

No patients were transported to area hospitals.

A sailboat stuck under Roosevelt Island bridge. pic.twitter.com/XDRaN9YZDR

— Ar Go (@ArGovSun) June 24, 2020

Here's the FDNY rescue:

The operator was 40 minutes away so the FDNY decided to try and push the boat through the bridge to release it, and it was a successful operation.
The boat was the towed away by Marine 6.
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