Monday, February 27, 2012

Man Jumps From Roosevelt Island Into East River For A Swim - NYPD and FDNY Respond and Rescue

Image Of NYPD/FDNY Police Activity Underneath Queensboro Bridge Rescuing Man In East River

At approximately 2 PM this afternoon, there was a great deal of commotion near the Roosevelt Island Tram station underneath the Queensboro Bridge

Image Of NYPD/FDNY Police Activity Underneath Queensboro Bridge Rescuing Man In East River

on West Channel Road with NYPD and FDNY vehicles as well as NYPD harbor boat.

Image Of NYPD/FDNY Police Activity Underneath Queensboro Bridge Rescuing Man In East River

What was going on?

According to this Breaking 911 tweet:
*JUMPER DOWN* 59th Street Bridge - Male Jumped off the bridge into the East River & Landed on the Rocks
which was soon updated to:
*U/D JUMPER DOWN* 59th Street Bridge - advising the victim may have jumped off Roosevelt Island & not bridge
RIOC issued this advisory describing the incident:
There was a brief traffic condition on Main Street due to a police investigation near the Tram.  As of this time traffic is back to normal.  
I spoke to NYPD and RIOC officials on scene who reported that a man did not jump off the Queensboro Bridge but jumped from Roosevelt Island into the East River for a swim. The man was rescued by NYPD and taken to the hospital.

Earlier this week, a person did jump from the Queensboro Bridge landing in Queensbridge Park.

UPDATE 2/29 - According to the 2/27 -28 Public Safety Report the man was rescued by Public Safety Officer:
Aided - Adj to the Tram. Male jumped into the River. PSD rescued him. EMS removed aided to the hospital.

1 comments :

theohiostate said...

Great fast reporting Rick.  Unfortunately, your facts are not quite right though.  Roosevelt Island PSD rescued the man who jumped, not the NYPD.  I don't know his name, but the Officer had an EMT patch on his arm.