FDNY Boat Water Cannons Spraying On East River By Roosevelt Island Last Sunday - Quite A Sight

Image From W. Cruz

Roosevelt Island resident W. Cruz shares these photos and reports:

Early Sunday afternoon an FDNY ship passed by the island with a nice water display.  I took a few pictures

Image From W. Cruz

Last summer members of the FDNY Fireboat Bravest rescued a man in the East River:

Just days after it was put into service, firefighters aboard the new fireboat Bravest rescued a man in the East River on July 10.
"Everybody did their jobs and did a great job," said Capt. Louis Guzzo. "It was a good feeling."

Members of Marine 6 - including Capt. Guzzo and Firefighters Pete Demetropolis, Barney Duffy, Bill Hannan, Jim Mare and Gene Nickola - were called to the scene of a person in the East River, near 23^rd Street, at around 7:30 p.m.

They quickly made their way to the area. Capt. Guzzo added, "We were able to make a much quicker response because of the speed of the new boat."

As they made their way up the river, Firefighter Duffy donned the mustang suit - a wetsuit that also is buoyant.

Firefighters on land were on scene when the boat arrived and helped direct the members aboard the fireboat to the victim, who was slipping below the surface of the water....

Click here for interesting video from CNN on FDNY's new, state of the art fireboat.