Commuting on a Friday {or any day} = it’s rough. But when you’re commuting and you end up in the water it’s extraaaa rough. This morning, a man was rescued by several NY Waterway crew members in the Hudson River. Watch the chilling video of the rescue below:
Chilling Moments On The Hudson River This Morning As @ridetheferry Rescue A Man Drowning #nyc #ferry #hudsonriver @CNN @ABC7NY @NBCNewYork pic.twitter.com/QLUllUuXJv
— Jonathan Otto (@OttoJon) November 3, 2017
Video embed by Jonathan Otto via Twitter
According to witnesses as reported by Patch, the man jumped off a seawall into the Hudson River on Friday morning. The crew aboard the ferry Thomas Kean saw the incident, and within seconds, several NY Waterway ferry boats surrounded him and were helping him to safety. Deckhands Gregorio Pages and Pietro Romano let down a rolled ladder to help the man climb up onto the boat. At first it was unclear if the man intentionally jumped off or fell off the seawall by accident — but reports are now saying he had stolen a taxi in New York, parked it, and then jumped off.
According to NY Waterway, this is the second rescue of this type they have performed in years. Pages also helped with the Flight 1549 rescue on the Hudson River in January 2009 {Captain Sully hayyy}. NY Waterway posted on their Twitter, “We would like to commend Capt. Dave Dort, along with deckhands Gregorio Pages & Pietro Romano, for assisting in this rescue operation.”
Several witnesses captured photos and shared them with HobokenGirl.com:
Photo: Kevin D @dohertke via Instagram
Photo: Tatham Smith via Twitter
“The crew did an excellent job. They did what they were trained to do,” Capt. Dave Dort said to Pix 11 News. “For us, this is all in a day’s work.”
Bravo, NY Waterway! Thanks for keeping our ‘seas’ safe 🙂
