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.
37yr old James Currie, who reportedly works with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority as a Station Cleaner, was taken from the 5th Precinct in Manhattan on Friday to face a Manhattan Judge on charges of Concealment of a Human Corpse.
The corpse in question was seven month old baby boy Mason Saldana, the son of James Currie, who was spotted floating in the East River along with a backpack underneath the Brooklyn Bridge on the Manhattan side on the afternoon of Sunday August 5, 2018.
37yr old James Currie, suspect in the murder of his seven month old son Mason Saldana, is taken from the 5th Precinct in Manhattan on Friday August 10, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
Investigators strongly believe that Currie, who lives in the Bronx, killed the boy sometime during the period of Saturday August 4 to Sunday August 5, when he was spotted on surveillance video leaving his apartment building with the backpack attached to his front and covered with a blanket.
Investigators were able to track his movements into lower Manhattan, where he was again spotted on surveillance video walking along the East River Esplanade with the backpack, not far from where his son was eventually found.
37yr old James Currie, suspect in the murder of his seven month old son Mason Saldana, is taken from the 5th Precinct in Manhattan on Friday August 10, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
Currie then boarded a flight out of JFK Airport on the afternoon of Monday August 6, beginning a long journey – and what he thought was his escape – to the Country of Thailand. Unfortunately for him, with NYPD Detectives in ‘full court press’ mode, his plan was uncovered and Thai Authorities, who were put on alert, waited patiently for him to arrive in the Country.
James Currie was snatched from the doors of freedom upon his arrival in Thailand and promptly brought back to New York to answer some tough questions. Detectives are still gathering evidence and are not yet in a position to charge Currie with the actual murder of his son. The Medical Examiner is working to determine the official cause of death.
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.
The United States Army Corp of Engineers, working with the National Transportation Safety Board and NYPD divers, lifted the red Eurocopter Helicopter involved in the multi fatal crash from the East River at the docks at East 23rd Street in Manhattan on Monday March 12, 2018.
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.