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By Theodore Parisienne Posted – 7:20AM
A diver from with Fire Department of New York (FDNY) jumped into action on Sunday July 7th to rescue a man who was spotted in the East River near East 30th Street in Manhattan.
The man was placed aboard the FDNY Marine Unit 6 boat and taken to the 34th Street pier where EMS crews were waiting to examine him.
The circumstances relating to how and why the man was in the river is not known at this time.
By Theodore Parisienne Posted – 6:14PM
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.
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.
By Theodore Parisienne Posted 03/12/18- 12:09AM Updated 2:27AM
Five people were killed after the helicopter they were in crashed into the East River just north of Roosevelt Island in Manhattan. Only the Pilot of the craft survived. FDNY and NYPD Divers worked feverishly to extricate the trapped victims from the upside down helicopter. Three people were brought to the East 34th Street Ferry Dock with CPR in progress before being rushed to Bellevue Hospital, where they were pronounced deceased. The bodies of two deceased victims, pronounced at the scene, were also brought to the East 34th Street Dock. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will be spearheading the Investigation into this tragic event.
