Man Critical After East River Rescue

By Theodore Parisienne               Posted – 6:14PM

Medics perform CPR on the rescued man in Manhattan on Friday May 25, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)

Officers from the NYPD Harbor Unit rescued a man in his thirties from the waters of the East River near the United Nations building in Manhattan on Friday May 25, 2018.

Medics perform CPR on the rescued man in Manhattan on Friday May 25, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)

He was brought to the Pier at East 35th Street where responding Medics were seen performing CPR on the man while he was still on the NYPD boat before he was packaged and rushed off to Bellevue Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition. It is not known how he ended up in the River.

Passersby, including a young child, watch as Medics perform CPR on the rescued man in Manhattan on Friday May 25, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
Rescuers remove the man from the NYPD Harbor boat as they prepare to rush him to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan on Friday May 25, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
Medics continue to perform CPR as they rush the man to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan on Friday May 25, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)