Man Apparently Jumps Off Staten Island Ferry
March 12, 2015, 12:42 p.m.
NYPD divers weren't able to go into waters earlier because of rough tides.
Via NYPD Special Ops
The NYPD divers will be looking for a man who jumped off the Staten Island Ferry earlier this morning.
The man apparently jumped from a docked boat near Bay Street in Staten Island. According to the Staten Island Advance, "A black man was seen jumping from a Staten Island ferryboat at about 6:40 a.m., and was spotted in the water immediately afterward, according to a spokesman for the NYPD. He has not been seen since."
Lt Lowe #Harbor supervisor conferring with #SIFerry representatives regarding man overboard pic.twitter.com/arOt5uvoTK
— NYPD Special Ops (@NYPDSpecialops) March 12, 2015
Divers were unable to look for the man earlier, because of rough tides.
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